Category: Paintings

In Harper’s Weekly July 24, 1886, Farny’s illustration A Cheyenne Courtship made the cover. It can be viewed below: In… read more 1886-07: A Cheyenne Courtship

On April 30, 1884, The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette commented on Farny’s newest Indian work, noting that Farny was using a… read more 1885: The Prisoner (Known now as The Captive)

Harper’s Weekly published Farny’s Toilers of the Plain, one of his more famous pieces, in June of 1884. Two years… read more 1884-06: Toilers of the Plain

Joaquin Miller wrote a story called “Lost on the Plains” for the October 1884 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine. The… read more 1884-10: “Lost on the Plains” Illustrations

In 1882 Farny completed an oil painting titled “After Many Days”. The painting, put on exhibition at Wiswells, is based… read more 1882: “After Many Days” Painting

In 1906, the Cincinnati Art Museum held its annual art exhibit. Included in that exhibit was Farny’s The Coming of… read more 1906: The Coming of the Fire Horse

A Clevelander by birth, Frank Wiborg moved to Cincinnati, attending high school at the Chickering Scientific and Classical Institute. In… read more 1898-1900: The End of the Monarch Paintings

In early February 1895, a group of friends, acquaintances of Farny, met to ponder two paintings recently completed by Farny,… read more 1895: The Big Chief and The Medicine Man

On December 15, 1883, Harpers Weekly published an illustration by Farny captioned with the name A Dance of Crow Indians…. read more 1883: Indian Fire Dance Vs. A Dance of Crow Indians

A picture from 1875, readily available on the internet (though there it’s often attributed to 1874), shows Farny, Frank Duveneck,… read more 1875: “Prayer on a Battlefield”