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Henry Francois Farny (1847-1916)
Aliases: Henry Farny; Henry E. Farny; Henry F. Farny; Henry Francis Farny; Henry-François Farny; Henry-François Farny
Professions: Illustrator; Caricaturist; Photographer
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Henry F. Farny (1847-1916)
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Henry F. Farny 1847-1916 , His Favorite Wife gouache on board
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Property from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection HENRY F. FARNY (1847-1916) A Moment of Suspense,
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Henry F. Farny (1847-1916)
Henry Francois Farny Biography
(b Ribeauville, France 1847; d Cincinnati, Ohio 1916) American painter. French by birth, Farny emigrated to Warren, Pennsylvania with his parents and shortly thereafter settled in Cincinnati, Ohio where he spent the remainder of his life. Following the path of earlier Cincinnati artists, Farny traveled to Europe; studying first in Düsseldorf and then in Munich. In Düsseldorf, Farny not only acquired the technical skills espoused by the local masters but also made the acquaintance of Albert Bierstadt who encouraged him to travel to the American West. Farny's stay in Munich exposed him to the bravura brushwork and dark, moody palette of Frank Duveneck, the preeminent American artist working in the southern German city at that time. The training Farny received in Europe provided him with the most advanced and sophisticated ideas of the late nineteenth century; separating him from many of his contemporaries who chose the West and the Indian as their subject. After returning from travel and study abroad, Farny made his first trip to the West in 1881. During the early 1890s, Farny gathered materials for the oil paintings and gouaches he would later complete in his Cincinnati studio. Collecting artifacts and props from the Indians, Farny recreated, and often repeated, scenes and events he witnessed on the Plains and in the mountains. Aided by on-site sketches and photographs both taken and purchased, Farny painted the Indians of the American West in a sympathetic and lasting fashion. In contrast to many of his contemporaries who employed unnatural effects of light and atmosphere, aggrandized scales of land and space and explosions of action and spirit to create drama and emotion, Farny succeeded in portraying his narratives with an uncommon subtlety and harmony, and therefore more in reality. (Credit: Christie’s, New York, Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, December 4, 2008, Lot 73).
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Henry F. Farny 1847-1916 , After The Hunt watercolor and gouache on paper
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Henry Farny (American, 1847-1916)
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HENRY F. FARNY (1847-1916)The Trail Over the Passsigned H. F. Farny and
