Bancel's father was John LaFarge (B A St Mary's College, Md , 1853; M A Hon Yale 1896, LLD 1901) of N.Y.City, an American artist, son of Jean-Frederick & Louisa (de Saint-Victor) de la Farge of New York City. His mother, Margaret Mason (Perry) LaFarge, was daughter of Christopher Grant Perry (B A and M A Brown 1830, M.D. University of PA 1837) and Frances (Sergeant) Perry of Newport, RI. Bancel attended University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1885-86 and assisted his father in the latter's New York studio 1893-1903.
He married September 8, 1898, in Cambndge, MA, to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward William Hooper (B A Harvard 1859) & Fanny (Chapin) Hooper. Their children:
1. Louis Bancel (B A Harvard 1922, B FA Yale 1925),
2. Edward Hooper (Harvard ex-26)
3. Henry Adams (B A Harvard 1924),
4. Thomas Sergeant (Harvard ex~26, Yale School of the Fine Arts 1923-25)
In Paris 1903-07 and Lausanne 1907-15, he studied art and conducted extensive research on Byzantine mosaics. He returned to the U.S. in 1915 and had since lived at "Edgehill," Mount Carmel, a neighborhood in Hamden.
He received his B.F.A. at Yale 1917. Known especially for his work in religious art, he had designed altar pieces, stained glass windows, and mosaic decorations, as well as wall paintings, for various churches and colleges in the East and Middle West, among his best-known works are "The Coronation of the Virgin" in Trinity College Chapel, Washington, "The Transfiguration' in St Aedan's Church, New Haven, and a series of twelve windows for the chapels in Cathedral of St Paul, St Paul, Minn. He also devoted much time to murals of a secular and historic character, was instrumental in starting the movement to obtain the Sleeping Giant as a Connecticut State Park (vice-president Sleeping Giant Park Association of Mount Carmel from organization in 1924 until 1934, president 1934-38), member State Commission on Sculpture 1933-38, associate fellow Davenport College 1934-38, trustee Albertus Magnus College 1926-38, director Liturgical Arts Society of New York City (member editorial committee 1931, president 1935-37); and on many advisory boards. Mr. LaFarge was a member of Parish of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic).
Buried in St Columba's Cemetery, Middletown, RI.
Survived by wife, sons, six grandchildren, two sisters: Frances L. Childs, the wife of Edwards H. Childs (B A Williams 1891, IX B Harvard 1894) of N.Y.City, and Miss Margaret LaFarge of Newport, and two brothers: Christopher Grant LaFarge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ex-'83, M F.A Princeton 1921) of N.Y.City (died in October 1938), and Rev. John LaFarge (B A Harvard 1901) of N.Y. City.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University pages 294-295]∼BANCEL LAFARGE, 72, DIES IN CONNECTICUT
Internationally Known Artist Has Sister Living Here
Born In Newport, Painter And Architect Was Buried In Island Cemetery
Bancel LaFarge, internationally known artist, native of Newport and brother of Miss Margaret LaFarge, of this city, died Sunday at his home, Mount Carmel, Conn. He was 72 years old. He had been ill several months. The funeral was held in New Haven Tuesday morning with a requiem high mass at 10:30 o'clock in St. Aeden's Church. Burial was in Island cemetery.
Born in Newport, September 23, 1865, Mr. LaFarge was the son of John and Margaret M. (Perry) LaFarge. Through his mother he was the great grandson of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
He was married in 1898 to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward Hooper, treasurer of Harvard College. Mrs. LaFarge was an artist and writer. For about 10 years after his marriage, Mr. LaFarge was assistant to his father in the latter's studio in New York city. Then he took his family abroad where they lived for 12 years. He studied painting and drawing in Paris.
Mr. LaFarge achieved success as a painter of figures and landscapes in mural decorations and as a designer of stained glass windows and mosaics. Architecture was one of his professional interests. He was the architect of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Providence, where there are four stained glass windows and over the Altar of Holy Souls, his gift, a painting of the Crucifixion, all examples of his work. Principally his work appears in Catholic churches and cathedrals in various parts of the country. His execution of Byzantine mosaics can be seen in his decoration of the sanctuary of St. Charles College Chapel, Catonsville, Md., and in his series of mosaic altar pieces for the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.
Perhaps Mr. LaFarge's most important work in the mosaic field is in the apse of Trinity College chapel, in Washington. It covers the large semi-dome over the altar and represents the "Coronation of the Virgin," a subject inspired by Dante's "Earthly Paradise and the Vision of Ezekiel."
Mr. LaFarge was a member of
the American Institute of Arts and Letters;
honorary member of the American Institute of Architects;
member of the Nation Society of Mural Painters;
former president of the Liturgical Arts Society;
Associate Fellow of Davenport College, Yale University;
president of the Sleeping Giant Park Association,
and a member of the Connecticut State Commission of Sculptors.
He leaves a wife,
four sons,
Louis,
Bancel,
Edward Hopper,
Henry Adams
and
Thomas Sergeant LaFarge;
two brothers,
C. Grant LaFarge
and the Rev. John LaFarge, S.J.;
and one other sister,
Mrs. Edward H. Childs of New York.
Newport Mercury and Weekly News; Newport, Rhode Island.
August 19, 1938; Page Three.
dm wms (#47395868)
____________________________________________________________
He married September 8, 1898, in Cambndge, MA, to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward William Hooper (B A Harvard 1859) & Fanny (Chapin) Hooper. Their children:
1. Louis Bancel (B A Harvard 1922, B FA Yale 1925),
2. Edward Hooper (Harvard ex-26)
3. Henry Adams (B A Harvard 1924),
4. Thomas Sergeant (Harvard ex~26, Yale School of the Fine Arts 1923-25)
In Paris 1903-07 and Lausanne 1907-15, he studied art and conducted extensive research on Byzantine mosaics. He returned to the U.S. in 1915 and had since lived at "Edgehill," Mount Carmel, a neighborhood in Hamden.
He received his B.F.A. at Yale 1917. Known especially for his work in religious art, he had designed altar pieces, stained glass windows, and mosaic decorations, as well as wall paintings, for various churches and colleges in the East and Middle West, among his best-known works are "The Coronation of the Virgin" in Trinity College Chapel, Washington, "The Transfiguration' in St Aedan's Church, New Haven, and a series of twelve windows for the chapels in Cathedral of St Paul, St Paul, Minn. He also devoted much time to murals of a secular and historic character, was instrumental in starting the movement to obtain the Sleeping Giant as a Connecticut State Park (vice-president Sleeping Giant Park Association of Mount Carmel from organization in 1924 until 1934, president 1934-38), member State Commission on Sculpture 1933-38, associate fellow Davenport College 1934-38, trustee Albertus Magnus College 1926-38, director Liturgical Arts Society of New York City (member editorial committee 1931, president 1935-37); and on many advisory boards. Mr. LaFarge was a member of Parish of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic).
Buried in St Columba's Cemetery, Middletown, RI.
Survived by wife, sons, six grandchildren, two sisters: Frances L. Childs, the wife of Edwards H. Childs (B A Williams 1891, IX B Harvard 1894) of N.Y.City, and Miss Margaret LaFarge of Newport, and two brothers: Christopher Grant LaFarge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ex-'83, M F.A Princeton 1921) of N.Y.City (died in October 1938), and Rev. John LaFarge (B A Harvard 1901) of N.Y. City.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University pages 294-295]∼BANCEL LAFARGE, 72, DIES IN CONNECTICUT
Internationally Known Artist Has Sister Living Here
Born In Newport, Painter And Architect Was Buried In Island Cemetery
Bancel LaFarge, internationally known artist, native of Newport and brother of Miss Margaret LaFarge, of this city, died Sunday at his home, Mount Carmel, Conn. He was 72 years old. He had been ill several months. The funeral was held in New Haven Tuesday morning with a requiem high mass at 10:30 o'clock in St. Aeden's Church. Burial was in Island cemetery.
Born in Newport, September 23, 1865, Mr. LaFarge was the son of John and Margaret M. (Perry) LaFarge. Through his mother he was the great grandson of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
He was married in 1898 to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward Hooper, treasurer of Harvard College. Mrs. LaFarge was an artist and writer. For about 10 years after his marriage, Mr. LaFarge was assistant to his father in the latter's studio in New York city. Then he took his family abroad where they lived for 12 years. He studied painting and drawing in Paris.
Mr. LaFarge achieved success as a painter of figures and landscapes in mural decorations and as a designer of stained glass windows and mosaics. Architecture was one of his professional interests. He was the architect of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Providence, where there are four stained glass windows and over the Altar of Holy Souls, his gift, a painting of the Crucifixion, all examples of his work. Principally his work appears in Catholic churches and cathedrals in various parts of the country. His execution of Byzantine mosaics can be seen in his decoration of the sanctuary of St. Charles College Chapel, Catonsville, Md., and in his series of mosaic altar pieces for the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.
Perhaps Mr. LaFarge's most important work in the mosaic field is in the apse of Trinity College chapel, in Washington. It covers the large semi-dome over the altar and represents the "Coronation of the Virgin," a subject inspired by Dante's "Earthly Paradise and the Vision of Ezekiel."
Mr. LaFarge was a member of
the American Institute of Arts and Letters;
honorary member of the American Institute of Architects;
member of the Nation Society of Mural Painters;
former president of the Liturgical Arts Society;
Associate Fellow of Davenport College, Yale University;
president of the Sleeping Giant Park Association,
and a member of the Connecticut State Commission of Sculptors.
He leaves a wife,
four sons,
Louis,
Bancel,
Edward Hopper,
Henry Adams
and
Thomas Sergeant LaFarge;
two brothers,
C. Grant LaFarge
and the Rev. John LaFarge, S.J.;
and one other sister,
Mrs. Edward H. Childs of New York.
Newport Mercury and Weekly News; Newport, Rhode Island.
August 19, 1938; Page Three.
dm wms (#47395868)
____________________________________________________________
Bancel's father was John LaFarge (B A St Mary's College, Md , 1853; M A Hon Yale 1896, LLD 1901) of N.Y.City, an American artist, son of Jean-Frederick & Louisa (de Saint-Victor) de la Farge of New York City. His mother, Margaret Mason (Perry) LaFarge, was daughter of Christopher Grant Perry (B A and M A Brown 1830, M.D. University of PA 1837) and Frances (Sergeant) Perry of Newport, RI. Bancel attended University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1885-86 and assisted his father in the latter's New York studio 1893-1903.
He married September 8, 1898, in Cambndge, MA, to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward William Hooper (B A Harvard 1859) & Fanny (Chapin) Hooper. Their children:
1. Louis Bancel (B A Harvard 1922, B FA Yale 1925),
2. Edward Hooper (Harvard ex-26)
3. Henry Adams (B A Harvard 1924),
4. Thomas Sergeant (Harvard ex~26, Yale School of the Fine Arts 1923-25)
In Paris 1903-07 and Lausanne 1907-15, he studied art and conducted extensive research on Byzantine mosaics. He returned to the U.S. in 1915 and had since lived at "Edgehill," Mount Carmel, a neighborhood in Hamden.
He received his B.F.A. at Yale 1917. Known especially for his work in religious art, he had designed altar pieces, stained glass windows, and mosaic decorations, as well as wall paintings, for various churches and colleges in the East and Middle West, among his best-known works are "The Coronation of the Virgin" in Trinity College Chapel, Washington, "The Transfiguration' in St Aedan's Church, New Haven, and a series of twelve windows for the chapels in Cathedral of St Paul, St Paul, Minn. He also devoted much time to murals of a secular and historic character, was instrumental in starting the movement to obtain the Sleeping Giant as a Connecticut State Park (vice-president Sleeping Giant Park Association of Mount Carmel from organization in 1924 until 1934, president 1934-38), member State Commission on Sculpture 1933-38, associate fellow Davenport College 1934-38, trustee Albertus Magnus College 1926-38, director Liturgical Arts Society of New York City (member editorial committee 1931, president 1935-37); and on many advisory boards. Mr. LaFarge was a member of Parish of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic).
Buried in St Columba's Cemetery, Middletown, RI.
Survived by wife, sons, six grandchildren, two sisters: Frances L. Childs, the wife of Edwards H. Childs (B A Williams 1891, IX B Harvard 1894) of N.Y.City, and Miss Margaret LaFarge of Newport, and two brothers: Christopher Grant LaFarge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ex-'83, M F.A Princeton 1921) of N.Y.City (died in October 1938), and Rev. John LaFarge (B A Harvard 1901) of N.Y. City.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University pages 294-295]∼BANCEL LAFARGE, 72, DIES IN CONNECTICUT
Internationally Known Artist Has Sister Living Here
Born In Newport, Painter And Architect Was Buried In Island Cemetery
Bancel LaFarge, internationally known artist, native of Newport and brother of Miss Margaret LaFarge, of this city, died Sunday at his home, Mount Carmel, Conn. He was 72 years old. He had been ill several months. The funeral was held in New Haven Tuesday morning with a requiem high mass at 10:30 o'clock in St. Aeden's Church. Burial was in Island cemetery.
Born in Newport, September 23, 1865, Mr. LaFarge was the son of John and Margaret M. (Perry) LaFarge. Through his mother he was the great grandson of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
He was married in 1898 to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward Hooper, treasurer of Harvard College. Mrs. LaFarge was an artist and writer. For about 10 years after his marriage, Mr. LaFarge was assistant to his father in the latter's studio in New York city. Then he took his family abroad where they lived for 12 years. He studied painting and drawing in Paris.
Mr. LaFarge achieved success as a painter of figures and landscapes in mural decorations and as a designer of stained glass windows and mosaics. Architecture was one of his professional interests. He was the architect of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Providence, where there are four stained glass windows and over the Altar of Holy Souls, his gift, a painting of the Crucifixion, all examples of his work. Principally his work appears in Catholic churches and cathedrals in various parts of the country. His execution of Byzantine mosaics can be seen in his decoration of the sanctuary of St. Charles College Chapel, Catonsville, Md., and in his series of mosaic altar pieces for the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.
Perhaps Mr. LaFarge's most important work in the mosaic field is in the apse of Trinity College chapel, in Washington. It covers the large semi-dome over the altar and represents the "Coronation of the Virgin," a subject inspired by Dante's "Earthly Paradise and the Vision of Ezekiel."
Mr. LaFarge was a member of
the American Institute of Arts and Letters;
honorary member of the American Institute of Architects;
member of the Nation Society of Mural Painters;
former president of the Liturgical Arts Society;
Associate Fellow of Davenport College, Yale University;
president of the Sleeping Giant Park Association,
and a member of the Connecticut State Commission of Sculptors.
He leaves a wife,
four sons,
Louis,
Bancel,
Edward Hopper,
Henry Adams
and
Thomas Sergeant LaFarge;
two brothers,
C. Grant LaFarge
and the Rev. John LaFarge, S.J.;
and one other sister,
Mrs. Edward H. Childs of New York.
Newport Mercury and Weekly News; Newport, Rhode Island.
August 19, 1938; Page Three.
dm wms (#47395868)
____________________________________________________________
He married September 8, 1898, in Cambndge, MA, to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward William Hooper (B A Harvard 1859) & Fanny (Chapin) Hooper. Their children:
1. Louis Bancel (B A Harvard 1922, B FA Yale 1925),
2. Edward Hooper (Harvard ex-26)
3. Henry Adams (B A Harvard 1924),
4. Thomas Sergeant (Harvard ex~26, Yale School of the Fine Arts 1923-25)
In Paris 1903-07 and Lausanne 1907-15, he studied art and conducted extensive research on Byzantine mosaics. He returned to the U.S. in 1915 and had since lived at "Edgehill," Mount Carmel, a neighborhood in Hamden.
He received his B.F.A. at Yale 1917. Known especially for his work in religious art, he had designed altar pieces, stained glass windows, and mosaic decorations, as well as wall paintings, for various churches and colleges in the East and Middle West, among his best-known works are "The Coronation of the Virgin" in Trinity College Chapel, Washington, "The Transfiguration' in St Aedan's Church, New Haven, and a series of twelve windows for the chapels in Cathedral of St Paul, St Paul, Minn. He also devoted much time to murals of a secular and historic character, was instrumental in starting the movement to obtain the Sleeping Giant as a Connecticut State Park (vice-president Sleeping Giant Park Association of Mount Carmel from organization in 1924 until 1934, president 1934-38), member State Commission on Sculpture 1933-38, associate fellow Davenport College 1934-38, trustee Albertus Magnus College 1926-38, director Liturgical Arts Society of New York City (member editorial committee 1931, president 1935-37); and on many advisory boards. Mr. LaFarge was a member of Parish of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic).
Buried in St Columba's Cemetery, Middletown, RI.
Survived by wife, sons, six grandchildren, two sisters: Frances L. Childs, the wife of Edwards H. Childs (B A Williams 1891, IX B Harvard 1894) of N.Y.City, and Miss Margaret LaFarge of Newport, and two brothers: Christopher Grant LaFarge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ex-'83, M F.A Princeton 1921) of N.Y.City (died in October 1938), and Rev. John LaFarge (B A Harvard 1901) of N.Y. City.
[1938-1939 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University pages 294-295]∼BANCEL LAFARGE, 72, DIES IN CONNECTICUT
Internationally Known Artist Has Sister Living Here
Born In Newport, Painter And Architect Was Buried In Island Cemetery
Bancel LaFarge, internationally known artist, native of Newport and brother of Miss Margaret LaFarge, of this city, died Sunday at his home, Mount Carmel, Conn. He was 72 years old. He had been ill several months. The funeral was held in New Haven Tuesday morning with a requiem high mass at 10:30 o'clock in St. Aeden's Church. Burial was in Island cemetery.
Born in Newport, September 23, 1865, Mr. LaFarge was the son of John and Margaret M. (Perry) LaFarge. Through his mother he was the great grandson of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
He was married in 1898 to Mabel Hooper, daughter of Edward Hooper, treasurer of Harvard College. Mrs. LaFarge was an artist and writer. For about 10 years after his marriage, Mr. LaFarge was assistant to his father in the latter's studio in New York city. Then he took his family abroad where they lived for 12 years. He studied painting and drawing in Paris.
Mr. LaFarge achieved success as a painter of figures and landscapes in mural decorations and as a designer of stained glass windows and mosaics. Architecture was one of his professional interests. He was the architect of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Providence, where there are four stained glass windows and over the Altar of Holy Souls, his gift, a painting of the Crucifixion, all examples of his work. Principally his work appears in Catholic churches and cathedrals in various parts of the country. His execution of Byzantine mosaics can be seen in his decoration of the sanctuary of St. Charles College Chapel, Catonsville, Md., and in his series of mosaic altar pieces for the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.
Perhaps Mr. LaFarge's most important work in the mosaic field is in the apse of Trinity College chapel, in Washington. It covers the large semi-dome over the altar and represents the "Coronation of the Virgin," a subject inspired by Dante's "Earthly Paradise and the Vision of Ezekiel."
Mr. LaFarge was a member of
the American Institute of Arts and Letters;
honorary member of the American Institute of Architects;
member of the Nation Society of Mural Painters;
former president of the Liturgical Arts Society;
Associate Fellow of Davenport College, Yale University;
president of the Sleeping Giant Park Association,
and a member of the Connecticut State Commission of Sculptors.
He leaves a wife,
four sons,
Louis,
Bancel,
Edward Hopper,
Henry Adams
and
Thomas Sergeant LaFarge;
two brothers,
C. Grant LaFarge
and the Rev. John LaFarge, S.J.;
and one other sister,
Mrs. Edward H. Childs of New York.
Newport Mercury and Weekly News; Newport, Rhode Island.
August 19, 1938; Page Three.
dm wms (#47395868)
____________________________________________________________
Gravesite Details
His obit in the Newport Mercury and Weekly News stated his burial In Island Cemetery, however his gravestone and that of his wife, mother and children are here.
Thanks, contributor dm wms (#47395868).
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