The_Bagpipe_Lesson
The Bagpipe Lesson
Painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner
The Bagpipe Lesson is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, completed in late 1893 and displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition (May — October 1893) and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 63rd annual exhibition, held from December 18, 1893 to February 24, 1894.[2][3] The painting was begun by Tanner during his first summer in France, during a trip to Brittany.[1] He finished the work in Philadelphia.[1]
The picture shows a father teaching his son to play the bagpipe, and the intensity of the man with the "spasmodic efforts" of his son brings humor to the work.[1] In parts of America, this was more widely popular in the 1890s than was The Banjo Lesson, due to sensitivity over racial relations.[4]