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Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

Study for the Bagpipe Lesson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1892

Henry Ossawa Tanner, portrait

Henry Ossawa TannerAmerican, 1859–1937

Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

1892 · Painting · 12.7 × 15.1 cm

May one see it?

Unknown

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum

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About the painting

This study shows a boy practicing the bagpipe, but for the final version, Henry Ossawa Tanner added a teacher and two more figures. Bagpipe players were common in the French region of Pont-Aven and Concarneau, where Tanner spent his summers in the 1890s. Here, he used bold colors and loose brushwork to capture the scene. Tanner entered a finished version in the annual Paris exhibition, but it was rejected; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, however, accepted it for their yearly show.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Particulars

1892 · aged 33

18591937

Accession number: 1983.95.42

What it shows

Landscape Forests and forestry Child

In the catalog

Paintings Oil American painting Impressionism 19th century

Sources

Smithsonian American Art Museum
Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0

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