Visual Research Project
Monica Whitney
CREA 232 Art from the Fifteenth Century
Professor Stavros
March 22, 2015
Winter Scene in Moonlight is Henry Farrer’s first known watercolor painting.
This painting was painted in 1869 and can be found at The Metropolitan Museum of
Art. Henry Farrer used techniques from the Pre-Raphaelite Association to paint this
drawing. This watercolor painting is of a landscape of a site in Brooklyn, New York,
where Farrer lived most of his life. The small stream running from the foreground
of the artwork and the colors Farrer uses in this painting reveals the feeling of
stillness. The shadows and various …show more content…
3. Wiles, Stephanie. “A Survey of Watercolor by Henry Farrer” Master Drawings Association. Vol. 40. No 4. Nineteenth-Century British and American Drawings. 317-331
Henry Farrer is recognized as a painter and printmaker who played …show more content…
Farrer contributed to The American Water Color Society exhibits for thirty-seven
years. Farrer's watercolor paintings have been used as an instrument measuring
the positives and negatives of the American watercolor movement. His brother
Thomas Farrer, and the Pre-Raphaelites Association influenced Henry Farrer’s
earlier work. The intensity of Henry’s landscape paintings were shown in his
earlier watercolor landscapes, such as Winter Scene in Moonlight. This
landscape showing details carefully handled and the size of this picture being 12
by 15 inches. Farrer shows a sense of calm and stillness in Winter Scene in
Moonlight.
4. Wiles, Stephanie. Between England and America: The art of Thomas Charles Farrer and Henry Farrer, 2001. 67.
Henry Farrer had followed his brother, Thomas to New York City in 1862.
Henry was not a strict follower of the Pre-Raphaelites Association like Thomas
was, although Thomas and the Pre-Raphaelites influenced Henry. Henry is best
known for his watercolors and etching in America. Henry was a member of the
Association for the Advancement of Truth in Art. This Association’s sought