Robert Henri, Blind Spanish Singer, 1912, oil on canvas, 41 x 33 1⁄8 in. (104.0 x 84.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. J.H. Smith, 1967.41
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Blind Spanish Singer
- Artist
- Date
- 1912
- Location
- Dimensions
- 41 x 33 1⁄8 in. (104.0 x 84.0 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. J.H. Smith
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Performing arts — music — guitar
- Performing arts — music — voice
- Spanish
- State of being — disabled — blind
- Figure female
- Object Number
- 1967.41
Artwork Description
Robert Henri and his wife, Linda, made their first trip to Spain in 1900. They spent six weeks in Madrid, where Henri lingered at the Prado copying paintings by Velázquez. He traveled to Spain several times over the next few years, painting people from all walks of life with the directness that he had learned as a newspaper illustrator. Among his subjects were two blind street singers, who played their guitars in his studio for hours.
(Boone, España!: American Artists and the Spanish Experience, 1998)
