The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish

Q: When was "The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish" created?

This artwork was created c. 1895.

Q: Is "The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish" in the public domain?

Yes, The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

John La Farge

c. 1895

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 136 x 152.4 cm (53 9/16 x 60 in.) framed: 152.4 x 168.3 x 4.4 cm (60 x 66 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Adolph Caspar Miller Fund

Accession Number

1966.6.1

About the Artist

John La Farge · 1835–1910

John La Farge (1835–1910) was born into a wealthy French émigré family in New York City, the son of John Frederick La Farge and Louisa Binsse de Saint-Victor. Educated at Jesuit institutions including Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland and St. John's College (now Fordham University), he initially pursued law but turned to art after receiving early drawing lessons from his maternal grandfather, a...

The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish

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