Henry Ossawa Tanner
✓ Source-basedstableAfrican-American painter (1859-1937)
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles.
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Spinning by Firelight, 1894
The Annunciation, 1898, Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Banjo Lesson, 1893
Atherton Curtis with his wife, by Tanner.
Sodom and Gomorrah, 1920
The Arch, 1919.
The Tanner family at home in France. Handwritten note on verso identifies the individuals seated at the table as: Jesse Tanner, Mrs. Tanner, Myron G. Barlow, Henry Ossawa Tanner.Awards 1
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Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. In 1923, the French government elected Tanner chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
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