The Departure for the Buffalo Hunt
Artist
Henry François Farny
(American, 1847 - 1916)
Date1912
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions22 × 32 inches (55.9 × 81.3 cm)
Frame: 30 7/8 × 40 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (78.4 × 102.9 × 8.9 cm)
Frame: 30 7/8 × 40 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (78.4 × 102.9 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2006
Object number31.253.2
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextFarny’s depiction of Indians departing on a buffalo hunt has a still, solemn beauty. Yet it is haunting. The shadowed snow and the grey of the skies lend bleakness to the scene. When Farny painted this work, the days of the bison hunt were past. By this time, bison were almost extinct and the Plains Indians lived on reservations. The mood of the painting evokes the end of a way of life.
ProvenancePurchased March 17, 2006 through (Brown's Art Consultants, Omaha, Nebraska) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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