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Henry Farny (1847–1916)
Off the Reservation, 1912
oil on canvas
16 x 24 in.

   In 1867 Farny left Cincinnati for the major art capitals of Europe. While abroad, he met Frank Duveneck and became acquainted with the work of European painters. By 1881 however, Farny had discovered a new passion, capturing the Native American on canvas. In that same year Farny stated, “The plains, the buttes, the whole country and its people are fuller of material for the artist than any country in Europe.” However, by 1912 when he completed this painting, the frontier had all but vanished. Nearly all Native Americans had been forced onto reservations, and hunting was no longer a part of their daily lives. Meager government food rations barely fed tribes, and idyllic scenes such as this had become the stuff of history.