Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international …

Oct 24, 2025 · This exhibition of the works of Henry Ossawa Tanner is the first major reappraisal of the great African-American painter in a generation. On display in the PAFA exhibit are over …

Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh in 1859, the first of five children born to Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, a future bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Sarah …

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The exhibition’s title is extracted from a quote in a May 1900 edition of Cosmopolitan where Tanner is described as “not only a biblical painter but . . . has brought to modern art a new …

Recognized as the patriarch of African American artists, Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) forged a path to international success, powerfully influencing younger black artists who came …

Aug 18, 2023 · From metadata: originally from: Bowdoin College Museum of Art exhibition Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960, on view from June 27-October 18, 2015. …

Artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859–1937 Works featured in these exhibitions Exhibition

Feb 1, 2012 · This beautiful book, companion publication to the exhibition of the same name, presents a complex overview of the life and career of the pioneering African American artist …

Jan 27, 2011 · The subject of this exhibition is the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937) - including the pioneering African-American artist’s upbringing in Philadelphia in …