Herbert Cyrus Farnum

Herbert Cyrus Farnum (September 19, 1866 – February 15, 1926) born in Glocester, Rhode Island, an American landscape painter in the late 19th- and early 20th-century.

Farnum studied at the Academie Julian in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens and (Benjamin) Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant where he won several awards for drawings.

On July 21, 1896, a large landscape entitled "Piccolo Piazza, Ana Capri" was accepted by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, a distinction accorded few American artists.

He belonged in the group of late 19th- and early 20th-century artists in Rhode Island, and for years his studio in Butler Exchange was an important art centre in the city of Providence.

To them was born one child, a daughter, Elodie, who gave great promise of becoming a violinist of distinction and was looked upon as one of the most remarkable girls in the city.

His wife, inseparable companion of his daughter, failed gradually in health after her child's death and died in December, 1920.