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Tuesday
Jun052012

Henry Ossowa Tanner - The Most Distinguished African-American Artist of the Nineteenth Century

DateTuesday, June 5, 2012 at 5:49PM

Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Annunciation - 1898 - Oil on canvas 57" x 71½" - Philadelphia Museum of Art (click photo for larger image)Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893. Oil on canvas, 49" × 35½". Hampton University Museum (click photo for larger image)Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937, Paris, France), was the first African American painter to gain international acclaim--although that fame didn’t happen for the artist until he moved to Paris. Tanner was a realist painter of landscapes and biblical themes. While his early works, such as "The Banjo Lesson" were concerned with everyday life as an African American, Tanner's later paintings focused mainly on the religious subjects for which he is now best known.

 


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