Description
After Henry Ossawa Tanner moved to France in 1891, he spent a few summers in Pont-Aven and Concarneau, where wooden shoes called sabots were common. This study shows a young student learning the trade from his teacher, a frequent theme in Tanner’s early work. In the final painting the young sabot-maker is not French but African American, reflecting Tanner’s own racial heritage. The Young Sabot Maker was his second painting to be accepted by the annual Paris exhibition, a coveted sign of official recognition from the French art establishment.
Image
Oil On Canvas
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
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Smithsonian InstitutionKeywords
- Child
- Craft
- Crafts
- Figure Group
- Figure Male
- Male And Child
- Occupation
- Occupations
- Shoemaker
- Tanner, Henry Ossawa