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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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Study for The Annunciation https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/study-for-the-annunciation-1898
Study for The Annunciation
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 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
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Capsized Fishing Boats, Brittany http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23642
Capsized Fishing Boats, Brittany
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Christ and His Desciples on the Sea of Galilee https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/christ-and-his-desciples-on-the-sea-of-galilee-1910
Christ and His Desciples on the Sea of Galilee
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Capsized Fishing Boats, Brittany http://www.moma.org/collection/works/294151
Gift of Samuel and Sheila Rosenfeld
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Lions in the Desert https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/lions-in-the-desert-1898
Lions in the Desert
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Near East Scene https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/near-east-scene-1912
Near East Scene
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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War Scene, Etaples, France https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/war-scene-etaples-france-1914
War Scene, Etaples, France
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Fauna https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/fauna-1879
Fauna
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Job and His Three Friends https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/job-and-his-three-friends-1904
Job and His Three Friends
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The Bagpipe Player https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/the-bagpipe-player-1895
The Bagpipe Player
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/night-1905
Night
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The Holy Family https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/the-holy-family-1910
The Holy Family
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Harbor Scene https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/harbor-scene-1876
Harbor Scene
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Head of a Jew in Palestine https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/head-of-a-jew-in-palestine-1899
Head of a Jew in Palestine
December 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Study for the Annunciation http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23684
Study for the Annunciation
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Study of a Young Man http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23697
Study of a Young Man
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Landscape with Irises https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/landscape-with-irises-1914
Landscape with Irises
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 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
December 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Two Disciples at the Tomb https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/two-disciples-at-the-tomb-1906
Two Disciples at the Tomb
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Gateway Tangier https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/gateway-tangier-1910
Gateway Tangier
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A View in Palestine https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/a-view-in-palestine-1899
A View in Palestine
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Fishing Boats at Shore, Brittany https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/fishing-boats-at-shore-brittany-1915
Fishing Boats at Shore, Brittany
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Study for "Christ at the Home of Lazarus" https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/17016
Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund, 2001
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Mountain Landscape, Highlands, North Carolina https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/mountain-landscape-highlands-north-carolina-1889-1
Mountain Landscape, Highlands, North Carolina
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM