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Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. [ 1 ] Tanner moved to Paris , France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles.
This is an incomplete list of paintings by American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937). Tanner is the first Black artist to have a major solo exhibition in the United States, [1] and the first to have his work acquired for the collection of the White House.
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893, Hampton University Museum. Gift to museum by Robert C. Ogden. [1] The Banjo Lesson is an 1893 oil painting by African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. It depicts two African-Americans in a humble domestic setting: an old black man is teaching a young boy – possibly his grandson – to play the ...
Abraham's Oak is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, an American painter who lived in France, completed about 1905. [1] While Tanner is well known today for two paintings in the United States, The Banjo Lesson and The Thankful Poor, both about African-American families, the bulk of his artwork, including some of his most iconic paintings, were concerned with exploring biblical subjects.
The Annunciation is an 1898 painting by the African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. It depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation , where the archangel Gabriel visits Mary to announce that she will give birth to Jesus . [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Flight into Egypt was a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, created in Paris about 1899 and displayed at the Carnegie Institute that year, along with Judas. [1] The painting, a religious work, is an example of Tanner's symbolist paintings. The 1899 version was his first version of the painting. [2]
Woman From the West Indies is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner painted about 1891 in Brittany, France, during his first or second summer in France. [1] [2] The portrait is unsigned but is attributed to Tanner based on the way it was painted, compared to Tanner's known works from 1891-1893. [1]