John La Farge and Japan February 24, 2009

John La Farge's (1835-1910) interest in Japanese art began more than two decades before his 1886 journey to that country "in search of nirvana" and continued until the end of his life. Taking as its point of departure the watercolors and paintings generated by his Asian travels, this lecture explores the artist's lifelong and multifaceted creative engagement with Japan.