HENRY FARRER: DRAWINGS                                FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 16, 2013



River with house and boats with trees on left side
Water’s Edge
Pencil on paper, 7 1/8 x 11 1/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5842

Trees on Water Bank
Pencil on paper, 8 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 A

River with banks and trees on either side
Trees on Pond
Pencil on paper, 4 3/4 x 7 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 B

River with grassy bank and trees
Trees on Stream
Pencil on paper, 3 9/16 x 5 11/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 C

Single tree with leaves on tan paper
Trees with Figure Studies
Pencil on paper, 5 1/4 x 4 7/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 E

Road with tall trees on either side
Trees on Road
Pencil on paper, 5 x 6 3/4 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 F

Wooden house with sloped roof and bare trees in landscape
Wooden House
Pencil on paper, 4 3/8 x 7 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 G

Wooden house on low sloping hill with trees
House [Too Squat]
Pencil on paper, 5 1/16 x 10 7/8 inches
Inscribed (at bottom center, in pencil): Too squat
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 H

Landscape with low hills and trees
Trees in Field
Pencil on paper, 5 6/8 x 7 13/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 I

Three sailboats in calm bay with smaller rowboats around
Fishing Sloops
Pencil on paper, 3 9/16 x 5 3/4 inches
Inscribed (at lower right, in pencil): Fishing sloops with netts hanging from mast
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 J

Men Reading
Pencil on paper, 4 1/4 x 2 11/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 K

Sailboats in bay with beach
Sail Boats, Low Tide
Pencil on paper, 3 1/2 x 5 1/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 L

LAndscape with wooden house and barren trees in flat field
Barn Among Trees
Pencil on paper, 6 x 9 3/8 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 M
Landscape with bare trees and small hills
Trees on Stream
Pencil on paper, 5 11/16 x 7 3/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 N
Rocky beach with ling boat on horizon
Rocks on Shoreline
Pencil on paper, 4 7/16 x 8 1/2 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 O
Hill House with Birdcage
Pencil on paper, 7 3/16 x 11 1/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 P
Small landscape with trees and pond with man in rowboat
Man in Row Boat
Pencil on paper, 7 1/2 x 11 inches
Executed in 1880
DLA-5843 R
House on banks of pond with trees
Farm House on Lake
Pencil on paper, 7 3/16 x 11 1/16 inches
Probably executed about 1880
DLA-5843 S
Plant at bottom center with river and bank with trees behind
Three figures wearing hats standing and reading at top half
Stone house with lamp post on cliff
HENRY FARRER (1843-1903) was a founder of the American Watercolor Society and of the New York Etching Club; he exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design, the Brooklyn Art Association, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Born in London, FARRER was the younger brother of the pre-Raphaelite artist Thomas Charles Farrer, with whom he presumably studied. He emigrated to America in 1862; in New York he had a studio at the famous Tenth Street building, where such artists as Winslow Homer, JG Brown, John La Farge, William Merritt Chase, and Albert Bierstadt also worked. 

Early in his career, HENRY FARRER was associated with the pre-Raphaelite movement. However, by the early 1870s, he had adopted the Tonalist style, and it is for his Tonalist paintings and for his watercolors and etchings, mostly seascapes and landscapes of the New York area, for which he is best known.

This exhibition is composed of 20 drawings that have never before been exhibited; they are all from a private collection. They include Long Island and Staten Island landscapes and harbor scenes.

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