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for Louis Bancel La Farge
1900 - 1989
L. Bancel La Farge was a grandson of the painter John La Farge. He was reared in Boston and in Laussane, Switzerland, and Paris. He was graduated from the Choate School and from Harvard College (1922). In 1925, he received his B.F.A. from the Yale School of Fine Arts. He served on General Eisenhower's staff as Chief of Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, during World War II. In that role, he was instrumental in over-seeing the return of works of art, looted by the Nazis, to their rightful owners.
During his long career as an architect, La Farge designed numerous residences in the United States and abroad; he was a senior partner in the firm of La Farge Murphy & Morey, New York. From 1958 to 1960, he served as president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects; upon his resignation from that post, he was elected a fellow. He was president of the Municipal Art Society, New York (1954-56) and a member of New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission (1965-70). He received awards from the governments of the United States, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Czechoslovakia.
In a letter to the NAD, La Farge stated that the oil sketch by his daughter-in-law which he was submitting to the Academy had been painted in 1962. He thought it "caught my personality better than any finished painting could possibly achieve. A `personality impression'." On the reverse of this portrait is an unfinished painting of a still-life.
During his long career as an architect, La Farge designed numerous residences in the United States and abroad; he was a senior partner in the firm of La Farge Murphy & Morey, New York. From 1958 to 1960, he served as president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects; upon his resignation from that post, he was elected a fellow. He was president of the Municipal Art Society, New York (1954-56) and a member of New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission (1965-70). He received awards from the governments of the United States, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Czechoslovakia.
In a letter to the NAD, La Farge stated that the oil sketch by his daughter-in-law which he was submitting to the Academy had been painted in 1962. He thought it "caught my personality better than any finished painting could possibly achieve. A `personality impression'." On the reverse of this portrait is an unfinished painting of a still-life.
