1 / 5

The Last of the Herd

The Last of the Herd. A Presentation for The Cincinnati Art Museum By Noah H. and Jillian J. Henry Francois Farny 1847-1916. Farny Facts. Born in Alsace, France Painted over 150 paintings Paintings were not recognized until 1950 One of the most important 19 th century painters

jyotika
Download Presentation

The Last of the Herd

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Last of the Herd A Presentation for The Cincinnati Art Museum By Noah H. and Jillian J.

  2. Henry Francois Farny 1847-1916

  3. Farny Facts • Born in Alsace, France • Painted over 150 paintings • Paintings were not recognized until 1950 • One of the most important 19th century painters • Paintings were usually about Indians • Adopted into and lived with a Sioux tribe

  4. More About Farny • Spent boyhood in pine forest of western Pennsylvania • Made several trips west including a 1,000 mile journey up the Missouri river. • Married age 60 • Died in Cincinnati,Ohio

  5. About the Painting • Not an an actual scene he witnessed • Oil on canvas • The event in the painting shows Farny’s view of the West • The dead buffalo in the painting was killed with a rifle that the Indians got in a trade with the whites. It shows how the whites influenced Indians.

More Related