Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 87 years ago |
Date of died | May 25,1937 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Periods | Realism |
Symbolism | |
Modern art | |
American Realism | |
Impressionism | |
Harlem Renaissance | |
Known for | Painting |
Drawing | |
Influenced by | Thomas Eakins |
Jean-Paul Laurens | |
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant | |
Job | Visual Artist |
Education | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
Academy Julian | |
Books | Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit |
Henry Ossawa Tanner | |
Henry Ossawa Tanner: A Spiritual Biography | |
Date of birth | June 21,1859 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Spouse | Jessie Olsson |
Influences | Thomas Eakins |
Jean-Paul Laurens | |
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant | |
Parents | Benjamin Tucker Tanner |
Sarah Tanner | |
Siblings | Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson |
Works | The Annunciation |
The Banjo Lesson | |
The Thankful Poor | |
Daniel in the Lions' Den | |
Period by artworks | Modern art |
Realism | |
American Realism | |
Symbolism | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 509659 |
Henry Ossawa Tanner Life story
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.