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| Accession #: | 3806.1 |
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| Title: | Untitled |
| Object Type: | Painting |
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| Physical Description: | Opaque water media on paper, a rendition of a male native American figure leading a horse down a snowy slope with trees and a pale yellow sky in the background. |
| Description: | Henry Farny was relatively unrecognized before 1950. Today hi is widely renowned for his literal renderings of American Indian Life. Farny's family fled France as political refugees. His lifelong interest in Indians came from experiences with the Senecas near his boyhood home in the pine forests of western Pennsylvania. When the family moved to Cincinnati by raft down the rivers, he was apprenticed as a lithographer. Throughout his life Farny worked as an illustrator, primarily for Harper's Weekly. Before settling down in Cincinnati he studied in Dusseldorf, Vienna, and Italy. In Munich, Farny shared a studio with the famous American Impressionist, John Twachtman. |
| Category: | Art |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
American Indian (Diversity), Figurative (Artwork->Subject), Landscape (Artwork->Subject), Watercolor (Artwork->Painting)
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| Dimensions: |
Paper Dimensions H x W 14 1/2 x 10 1/2"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
watercolor (paint) (Technique)
paper (fiber product) (Material)
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Harken, 1997 |
| Copyright: |
public domain
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