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Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859 - 1937) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Kansas / France.  Henry Tanner is known for Painting-religious, Orientalism, genre, figure, landscape.

America's first internationally renowned African-American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh to a well-educated and devoutly religious family.  When Henry was age 13, his father, the Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, moved the family to Philadelphia. 

With the support of his parents and inspiration from the art of the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy to study with Thomas Eakins who became a close friend.
Tanner briefly painted animals and was determined to become the "American Landseer" in response to the demand for animal portraits.  Between 1886 and 1887 Tanner was an illustrator for Harper Brothers, a publishing firm willing to advance black artists and writers. 

He then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he briefly and unsuccessfully ran a photography studio, but by 1891 he turned back to painting and sailed for France.
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Keywords and Quick Facts for Henry Ossawa Tanner


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt Style
  • Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
  • Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Narrative, Story Telling
  • Oriental Influence
  • Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Europe
  • Expatriate from USA or Canada
  • Italy Before World War I
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
  • Virginia Before 1900
Art Association
  • American Artists Professional League
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
  • Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
  • Jean Paul Laurens
  • Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
  • Thomas Eakins
  • William Bouguereau
Art School
  • Academie Julian, Paris, Student
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Norman Wait Harris Silver Medal, Chicago Art Institute
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
  • Axelrod Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Daniel J Terra Collection
  • Evans-Tibbs Collections
Added Description
  • Animal Specialty
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Genre Specialty
  • Landscape Specialty
  • Narrative Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
  • Knoedler Gallery, New York City
  • Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • AskART Panama Pacific Expo
  • Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
  • Century of Progress, Chicago 1933
  • Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
  • Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
  • American Artists Professional League-
  • National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Smithsonian Institution/Museums
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
  • Paris Salons

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