# John LaFarge artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:48:25.716Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Illustration, Murals, Stained glass, Interior design, Art and travel writing

## Portrait

![John LaFarge](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Portrait_of_John_LaFarge.jpg)
J.E. Purdy · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_John_LaFarge.jpg

## About John LaFarge

John LaFarge (1835–1910), also catalogued as John La Farge, was an American artist whose unusually broad practice crossed painting, illustration, mural and interior design, stained glass, and art and travel writing. His public identity is corroborated by Wikidata and IdRef authority records and an artist profile at the Museum of Modern Art. LaFarge is especially associated with stained glass made for churches on the American East Coast. His work in that field began with a major commission for H. H. Richardson’s Trinity Church in Boston in 1878 and continued for roughly three decades. He approached glass through color and technical experimentation, receiving an 1880 patent connected with superimposed panes. Collectors may therefore encounter his name across fine art, design, architectural decoration, illustration, and published material rather than within a single medium. The available sources do not establish a specific movement label, so this profile emphasizes documented practices and institutional identity instead of assigning one.

## Common works and media

Works associated with LaFarge may include paintings, illustrations, murals and interior schemes, stained-glass windows, and books concerning Asian travel and art. In appraisal contexts, autonomous artworks should be distinguished from architectural or design-related material and from published objects. The supplied evidence does not establish which subjects, formats, categories, or editions appear most frequently at auction.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by separating LaFarge’s different forms of work. Comparison is strongest when object type and medium are closely matched: a painting should not be evaluated against stained glass, an illustration, or published material. Date and a documented relationship to a church or architectural commission may provide important context. For stained glass, construction evidence—including the use of superimposed panes where applicable—can help characterize the object. Public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and closely comparable lots should be considered together. The supplied source pack confirms an Appraisily auction-record presence but does not provide detailed major-auction-house essays, so no price forecast or market trend is asserted here.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3120087
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/03427507X
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/65050
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_La_Farge
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-lafarge/