Henry Ossawa Tanner
Painting, Visual Artist
1859 – 1937
Who was Henry Ossawa Tanner?
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African-American artist. He was the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. He moved to Paris in 1891 to study, and decided to stay there, being readily accepted in French artistic circles. His painting entitled Daniel in the Lions' Den was accepted into the 1896 Salon.
After teaching himself some art, he had enrolled as a young man in 1879 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He was the only black student and became a favorite of the painter Thomas Eakins, who had recently started teaching there. He also made other connections among artists, including Robert Henri. In the late 1890s he was sponsored for a trip to Palestine by Rodman Wanamaker, who was impressed by his paintings of Biblical themes.
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- Born
- Jun 21, 1859
Pittsburgh - Also known as
- Henri Ossawa Tanner
- Henry O. Tanner
- Henry Osawa Tanner
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Académie Julian
- Lived in
- Pittsburgh
- Paris
- Philadelphia
- Died
- May 25, 1937
Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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