Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), artist

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) was an African-American artist.

Biography

Tanner, who in 1894 moved to France to escape racial discrimination, was the first Afro-American painter to gain international acclaim.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Tanner made several painting of biblical subject. Between 1897 and 1899, he spent eleven months in the Holy Land

Paintings

• Daniel in the Lions' Den (1895 Tanner), art Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• Resurrection of Lazarus (1896 Tanner), art

• Annunciation to Mary (1898 Tanner), art

• Flight into Egypt (1899 Tanner), art

• Jesus and Nicodemus (1899 Tanner), art

• Salome (1900 Tanner), art

• Good Shepherd (1903 Tanner), art

• Return of the Holy Women (1904 Tanner), art Cedar Rapids Art Gallery, Iowa

• Christ and His Disciples on the Bethany Road (1905 Tanner), art

• Two Disciples at the Tomb (1906 Tanner), art

• Holy Family (1910 Tanner), art Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, Hackley Picture Fund

• Mary Washing the Feet of Christ (1910 Tanner), art

• Flight into Egypt (1923 Tanner), art

• Sleeping Disciples (1923 Tanner), art

• Visitation of Mary (???? Tanner), art

External links

• Wikipedia