Country Road in France
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Country Road in France

Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937 · n.d.

oil on canvas mounted on wood
Smithsonian American Art Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Henry Ossawa Tanner’s teacher Thomas Eakins taught him the value of making quick sketches of everyday scenes. Tanner had a studio in Paris but spent many holidays and summers in rural France, where he painted this scene on the spot.

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