Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), artist

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) was an African-American artist. Tanner, who in 1894 moved to France to escape racial discrimination, was the first Afro-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner made several painting of biblical subject. Between 1897 and 1899, he spent eleven months in the Holy Land

Works

Paintings

• Daniel in the Lions' Den (1895 Tanner), 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

Biography

• Wikipedia