Henry Farny

American Studies

Mr. Conners and Mr. Rupertus

NAMES: Marquez McCray_Blaze Hutkin

Native Americans on Canvas

Artist: Henry Farny

1. Assemble and assess the body of your artist’s work that deals with Native American themes.  Add more boxes if necessary.

Body of Native American Work

             TITLE   DATE DESCRIPTION

“The Captive”	1885	Native American tribe with a white american pinned down
“Renegade Apaches”	1913	Native Americans behind rocks with guns waiting for cowboys
“Sketch for the Challenge”	1892	Native American on a horse with a gun
“Indian Brave”	1891	Native American holding a gun with the horse and mountains in the background
“The Long Shot”	1891	Native American riding a horse holding a gun

Henry Farny is a french born american painter who moved to the America when he was 6 years old to Warren, Pennsylvania nearby a Seneca Reservation. Most of his work was centered on Native American culture. After he was heavily influenced by Native American lifestyle, his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he started to become interested in art.

Native Americans with guns or muskets, always with horses and feathers i their hair. Also the background scenery is mostly mountains. No, he is not respectful of Native American culture because he often portrays the Native Americans with guns or planning an attack on cowboys or whites.

Henry Farny, a French born American artist, when he was young he moved to a town that bordered a Native American reservation. By Farny living near this reservation it gave him a different perspective then most artist and Americans because he saw Native Americans in his everyday life. These works represent our artists views because he is not respectful but is also not disrespectful because he portrays the Native Americans as violent at times but in their native surroundings.