Artist: Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859 - 1937)
Nationality: American
Movement: Modern American School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Against his religious parents’ wishes, Henry Ossawa Tanner pursued a career in art, enrolling at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. There he studied under Thomas Eakins who first introduced him to photography. In an effort to make a living, Tanner moved to Atlanta and set up a photographic studio that ended in failure. After a brief period as an art teacher, Tanner moved to Paris and studied at the Academie Julien. He traveled across the Middle East and gathered source material to create his religious paintings. Tanner served in World War I as a member of the Red Cross and became a Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - Untitled c. 1880's oil on canvas Telfair Museum of Art American
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Seine c. 1902 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Holy Family c. 1909-10 oil on canvas Muskegon Museum of Art American
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - Daniel in the Lions' Den 1907-1918 oil on paper mounted Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - Moonlight: Walls of Tangiers c. 1913-1914 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 1929-30 tempera and varnish High Museum of Art American
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water 1907 oil on canvas Des Moines Art Center American
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Thomas Eakins - Portrait of Henry O. Tanner c. 1897 oil on canvas The Hyde Collection American
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Robin Tanner, Martin"s Hovel, 19th - 20th century
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Robin Tanner - Christmas 1928-29 etching Art Complex Museum at Duxbury American
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Thomas Shotter Boys, Regent Street, Looking towards the Quadrant, 1842
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J.G. Tanner - Engagement between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac" 1891 or after oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Tanner, 1713-1785 Creampot United States, Rhode Island, (Newport), about 1740 Silver Buhler, 1972, No.
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Thomas Shotter Boys, The Club House, etc Pall Mall, 1842
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Peter Paul Rubens - The Reconciliation of King Henry III and Henry of Navarre 1628 oil on panel Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Flemish
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Henry Cousins, Henry Leverage, 19th century
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Henry Wolf, Portrait of the Engraver Henry Wolf, 1905
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Henry William Bunbury, Falstaff reproved by King Henry - Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 2, Act V, Scene 8., 18th - 19th century
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Henry Wolf, Henry Irving, 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf, Portrait of Mrs. Henry, 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf, Henry Irving at Home, 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf, Henry Mills Alden, 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf, Portrait of Henry Irving, 19th - 20th century
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John Henry Robinson, Henry Somerset, First, 18th - 19th century
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W. & D. Downey, Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey in Shakespeare"s Henry VIII, 1892
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Charles Henry Jeens, Mr. Hackett as Falstaff in King Henry IV., 19th century
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Henry Meyer, The Right Honorable Henry Robert Stewart, 18th - 19th century
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Pieter van der Banck, King Henry VIII, Son Of Henry VII (1509-1547), 17th century
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Pieter van der Banck, King Henry V Of Monmouth, Son Of Henry IV (1413-1422), 17th century
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William Henry Bartlett, The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]), 1830
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Pieter van der Banck, King Henry II Of Anjou, Grandson Of Henry I. (1154-1189), 17th century
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Multiple Artists, The Pacific Tourist by Henry T. Williams (New York: Henry T. Williams, 1878), 1878
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John Hall - Henry Gladwin 18th century paint on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Joshua Reynolds - Henry Vansittart c. 1751-1754 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Ball - Henry Clay 1858 bronze Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Susan C. Waters - Henry L. Wells 1845 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Henry Pratt 1815 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ammi Phillips - Henry Teller c. 1835 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Henry William Bunbury, Falstaff with Hotspur on his back - Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene VI., 18th - 19th century
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Elias V. Coe - Henry W. Houston 1837 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Baltimore Museum of Art: Henry Ossawa Tanner and the Lure of Paris
“This is an exciting opportunity to showcase these well-known paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner alongside works from the BMA’s outstanding collection,” said BMA Director Doreen Bolger. Tanner spent most of his career as an expatriate in Paris...
Taft Museum of Art: The Great Migration: The Evolution of African American Art, 1790-1945
Included are works by painters Joshua Johnston, Henry O. Tanner, Duncanson and Horace Pippin; photographer James P. Ball; and sculptor Edmonia Lewis amon...
Frye Art Museum: Winold Reiss: Native American Portraits
Many of the sitters became close friends, and the Blackfeet elders dubbed Reiss Ksistakpoka, or Beaver Child. The artist's identification with his sitters continued even after his death when his ashes were scattered at the reservation ...
Pablo's Birthday: Multiple Partners: Curated and Organized by Carla Gannis
 "Women can't add," he said jokingly.
When I asked him what he meant, he said,
"For them, one and one and one and one don't make four."
"What do they make?" I said, expecting five or three.
"Just one and one and one and one," h...
Detroit Institute of Art: American Attitude: Whistler and His Followers
The 63 pieces in the show include 13 paintings by Whistler as well as works by other prominent American artists such as John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Wilmer Dewing and Henry Ossawa Tanner. Whistler’s paintings will be juxtapos...
Vangard Gallery: Collaborative Drawings: John Berger and Marisa Camino
He is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years, who has explored the relationships between the individual and society, culture and politics and experience and expression in a series of novels, book works, essays,...

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