377. Henry F. Farny (American, 1847-1916) "Indians with Travois", c. 1914; gouache/board, 8" x 10", signed and dated, Closson’s Gallery of Cincinnati labels on verso: Highly important western painter. Farny was born in France, but his family fled to the U.S. in 1853, when the Napoleonic party gained power. They first settled in western Pennsylvania, where Farny became acquainted with the Seneca Indians. In 1859, his family moved to Cincinnati, OH, and soon afterward, Farny began working as a lithographer for Harper’s Magazine. In Cincinnati, Farny met Frank Duveneck, who was greatly influential on his work, and became a good friend. For nearly twenty years, Farny worked as an illustrator, traveling to New York and Europe, but he remained based in Cincinnati. In 1878, he began making expeditions to the West, studying Indian life, and executing small paintings of that subject matter. By 1890, Farny had abandoned all illustrative work, and devoted all of his time to painting Indian subjects. Farny’s even, matter-of-fact personality made him very well liked among the Indian tribes, and at one point, he was even adopted by a Sioux tribe, and given the name, "Long Boots". Farny’s depiction of his subject was deliberate and subdued, which was a manifestation of his own identity. 150,000-200,000