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Henry Ossawa Tanner
African-American Realist Painter, 1859-1937
American painter. He was one of the foremost African American artists, achieving an international reputation in the early years of the 20th century for his religious paintings. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal bishop, he studied art with Thomas Eakins from 1880 to 1882 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He then worked in Philadelphia and Atlanta, GA, where he ran a photography studio and taught at Clark College.
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Painting ID:: 11733
The Raising of Lazarus
1896(Salon of 1897)
3' 1 1/2'' x 3' 11 3/4''(95 x 121.5 cm)
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Painting ID:: 11734
Christ and His Disciples on the Bethany Road
ca 1905
2' 2'' x 3' 1''(66 x 93 cm)
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Painting ID:: 32029
The Banjo Lesson
mk77
1893
Oil on canvas
49x35 1/2in
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Painting ID:: 42779
The first lesson
MK169
ca. 1893 oil Paint on cloth 121.9x88.9cm
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Painting ID:: 56953
Thanksgiving poor
mk250 Year in 1894. Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 112.4 cm. William H. Cosby and collection
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Henry Ossawa Tanner
African-American Realist Painter, 1859-1937
American painter. He was one of the foremost African American artists, achieving an international reputation in the early years of the 20th century for his religious paintings. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal bishop, he studied art with Thomas Eakins from 1880 to 1882 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He then worked in Philadelphia and Atlanta, GA, where he ran a photography studio and taught at Clark College.
. Related Artists to Henry Ossawa Tanner: | Henri Delavallee | Joos van craesbeck | Carl Wimar | Walter Granville Smith | Ellen Bernard Thompson |
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