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Karel Lafargue BIOGRAPHY
c.1742 - 1783. Known for: Painting.
Karel La Fargue, coming from a family of artists from The Hague, left behind a small oeuvre comprising primarily drawings and watercolours and containing only a handful of oil paintings. In depicting... Read full biography
Karel La Fargue, coming from a family of artists from The Hague, left behind a small oeuvre comprising primarily drawings and watercolours and containing only a handful of oil paintings. In depicting the daily routine of his contemporaries, the artist entirely abstained from idealisation or... Read full biography
Karel La Fargue, coming from a family of artists from The Hague, left behind a small oeuvre comprising primarily drawings and watercolours and containing only a handful of oil paintings. In depicting the daily routine of his contemporaries, the artist entirely abstained from idealisation or exaggeration. He thus appeared as a chronicler of his native town’s everyday life. Karel La Fargue’s brothers, Isaac Lodewijk and Paulus Constantijn, created similar views of towns. It can therefore be... Read full biography
Karel La Fargue, coming from a family of artists from The Hague, left behind a small oeuvre comprising primarily drawings and watercolours and containing only a handful of oil paintings. In depicting the daily routine of his contemporaries, the artist entirely abstained from idealisation or exaggeration. He thus appeared as a chronicler of his native town’s everyday life. Karel La Fargue’s brothers, Isaac Lodewijk and Paulus Constantijn, created similar views of towns. It can therefore be assumed that this type of vedute had become a specialty of the La Fargue family.
Karel La Fargue, coming from a family of artists from The Hague, left behind a small oeuvre comprising primarily drawings and watercolours and containing only a handful of oil paintings. In depicting the daily routine of his contemporaries, the artist entirely abstained from idealisation or exaggeration. He thus appeared as a chronicler of his native town’s everyday life. Karel La Fargue’s brothers, Isaac Lodewijk and Paulus Constantijn, created similar views of towns. It can therefore be assumed that this type of vedute had become a specialty of the La Fargue family.
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Karel La Fargue, coming from a family of artists from The Hague, left behind a small oeuvre comprising primarily drawings and watercolours and containing only a handful of oil paintings. In depicting the daily routine of his contemporaries, the artist entirely abstained from idealisation or exaggeration. He thus appeared as a chronicler of his native town’s everyday life. Karel La Fargue’s brothers, Isaac Lodewijk and Paulus Constantijn, created similar views of towns. It can therefore be assumed that this type of vedute had become a specialty of the La Fargue family.