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Henry Tanner
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Fan account of Henry Ossawa Tanner, an American artist and one of the first African-American artists to gain international acclaim.
1859-1937
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Man Sitting in a Chair http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23665
Man Sitting in a Chair
January 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Seascape - Jetty https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/seascape-jetty-1879
Seascape - Jetty
January 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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The Holy Family https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/the-holy-family-1910
The Holy Family
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Flight Into Egypt https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/16947
Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund, 2001
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Untitled http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23698
Untitled
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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The Two Disciples at the Tomb https://www.artic.edu/artworks/87643/
The Art Institute acquired The Two Disciples at the Tomb in 1906 after the canvas was declared “the most impressive and distinguished work of the season” at the museum’s annual exhibition of American painting and sculpture. At that time, Henry Ossawa Tanner was at the height of his reputation, enjoying international fame and winning prizes on both sides of the Atlantic. The son of an African American bishop, Tanner was raised in Philadelphia, where he studied with Thomas Eakins before working as an artist and photographer in Atlanta. Repelled by the racial prejudice he encountered in the United States, he chose to spend nearly all of his adult life in France. Tanner’s early subjects included many scenes of African American life, but later he specialized in religious paintings. The Two Disciples at the Tomb is one of the most concentrated and austere of these works. The somber spirituality of the moment when two of Jesus’s followers realize that he has risen from the dead is conveyed by Tanner’s use of dark tones and compressed space and his avoidance of superfluous detail. Although the artist painted in a relatively conservative representational manner throughout his life, the sinuous lines and simplified, harsh modeling here suggest his awareness of Art Nouveau and Expressionist currents in contemporary European painting. Likewise, his emphasis on psychological rather than physical experience has many parallels in advanced art of the same period, including Pablo Picasso’s early work, such as The Old Guitarist, painted two years earlier. Robert A. Waller Fund
January 15, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Harbor Scene https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/harbor-scene-1876
Harbor Scene
January 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Florida https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/florida-1894-1
Florida
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/night-1905
Night
January 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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Booker T. Washington https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/booker-t-washington-1917
Booker T. Washington
January 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/bishop-benjamin-tucker-tanner-1897
Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner
January 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Lion Drinking https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/lion-drinking-1897
Lion Drinking
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Study for Androcles https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/study-for-androcles-1886
Study for Androcles
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Mary https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/mary-1910
Mary
January 12, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Study for the Annunciation http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23684
Study for the Annunciation
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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Return of the Holy Women https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/return-of-the-holy-women-1904
Return of the Holy Women
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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The House (Wall) in Blue https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/the-house-wall-in-blue-1912
The House (Wall) in Blue
January 11, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Capsized Fishing Boats, Brittany http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23642
Capsized Fishing Boats, Brittany
January 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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Miraculous Haul of Fishes https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/miraculous-haul-of-fishes-1914
Miraculous Haul of Fishes
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Gateway Tangier https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/gateway-tangier-1910
Gateway Tangier
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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The Annunciation https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/the-annunciation-1898
The Annunciation
January 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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The Bagpipe Lesson https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/the-bagpipe-lesson-1893
The Bagpipe Lesson
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Spinning by Firelight - The Boyhood of George Washington Gray https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/spinning-by-firelight-the-boyhood-of-george-washington-gray-1894
Spinning by Firelight - The Boyhood of George Washington Gray
January 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Gate in Tangier http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23653
Gate in Tangier
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Mosque, Tangier http://www.moma.org/collection/works/294152
Gift of Samuel and Sheila Rosenfeld
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM