The Painter of the Vanishing Race Henry François Farny, known to many as H.F. Farny, remains one of the most evocative voices in nineteenth-century American art. Born in 1847 in Ribeauville, France, his journey eventually led him to the heart of the American frontier, where he would develop a style that became synonymous with the "vanishing race" movement. His life was a tapestry woven from European training and an intimate, early con…