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Blind Spanish Singer
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About this work
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.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBlind Spanish Singer. 1912. Robert Henri, born Cincinnati, OH 1865-died New York City 1929. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. J.H. Smith. CC0.
