Henri Farge (French, 1884-1970)

Venetian Scene, by Bridge of Sighs

Etching on paper

Signed in pencil lower right

Numbered lower left 3/50

Image: 12.5 x 10 inches

Sheet: 16.5 x 13 inches

Mild toning but otherwise very good; please see photos.

Ships rolled in protective sleeve/tube

About the artist: Henri Farge was born in January 1884 in Paris. He worked as a painter, engraver, and illustrator depicting figure and genre scenes. Farge studied for five years in Venice and Rome. In Paris, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he won a silver medal in 1966. He also illustrated books by Claude Farrere, including L’Homme qui assassina (The Man Who Killed), Devambez (1926), and Pierre Loti.

Farge’s painting, proof of lively powers of observation, depicts picturesque scenes that are a testimony to the times and places that inspired them: Deauville in 1925, Paris in 1930, and the Holy Year in Rome in 1950. He also painted music halls, art galleries, views of Paris and Venice, and, generally speaking, crowds. Farge died in 1970.