Henry Ossawa Tanner's "The Thankful Poor," from 1894, shows a young boy and his grandfather with their heads bowed in prayer over a humble meal. Tanner's two-painting exhibition continues through Jan.

Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Return from the Cross, one of the biblical scenes for which the pioneering Black artist was known, will be offered at Bonhams’ sale of American art this Thursday for an estimate ...

Opening reception, Friday, January 27, 5:30-8pm. Moore College of Art and Design, Goldie Paley Gallery, 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Spanish artists Patricia Gómez and María Jesús ...

Born in Pittsburgh in 1859, Henry Ossawa Tanner moved to Paris, where he found "nobody knows or cares what was the complexion of my forebears."... I just met Henry Ossawa Tanner. Nice trick, since he ...

Born in Pittsburgh and raised in Philadelphia, African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) spent his mature career in France, where he won great fame for paintings based on religious ...

Quite a few luminous paintings drew me into the world of "Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit." But perhaps the most stunning is "The Annunciation." Humanistic, traditional and yet thoroughly modern, ...

The pioneering 19th-century African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) is getting major recognition at his alma mater, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, with the retrospective ...

Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist known for his depictions of biblical themes, and was also the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner was born on June 21, 1859 ...

Tanner was the first internationally renowned African American painter. “Abraham’s Oak” memorializes a pilgrimage site that the artist likely visited during his travels in the 1890’s. Jeffrey Richmond ...

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I just met Henry Ossawa Tanner. Nice trick, since he died in 1937. Tanner was the first African American artist with an international reputation. His paintings are in many museums, but I've walked ...