Henri Farré and the Birth of Combat Aviation

Henri Farré (1871-1934) documented the birth of military aviation with unusual panache.

Born in France, Henri Farré trained in Paris and was a successful portrait painter in Buenos Aires before returning home in 1914 to serve his country by painting the Air Force. He flew almost every day and devised dramatic new compositions of airfields, aircraft, and the unprecedented aerial combat of the time.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website