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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:: 60953
Henry Ossawa Tanner,
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Gateway, Tangier, 1912. Oil on canvas, 18 7/16" x 15 5/16". St. Louis Art Museum.
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Painting ID:: 60954
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson,
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893. Oil on canvas, 49" x 35 1/2". Hampton University Museum.
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Painting ID:: 60955
Henry Ossawa Tanner,
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Annunciation, 1898. Oil on canvas, 57" x 71 1/2". Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Painting ID:: 71762
Les Invalides, Paris
1896(1896)
Oil on canvas
33.3 x 41 cm (13.11 x 16.14 in)
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Painting ID:: 91892
Gateway, Tangier
c. 1912
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 18 7/16 x 15 5/16 in. (46.8 x 38.9 cm)
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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: | Forbes, Edwin | Angelika Kauffmann | Alonzo Cano | Giulio Romano | Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres |
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