Henry Ossawa Tanner (Wikipedia)Born: June 21, 1859
Died: May 25, 1937
Married: Jessie Olsson
Children: Jesse Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. In 1878, he made the first of three trips to Rainbow Inn seeking a cure for a lingering disease, likely tuberculosis; he reported that the visit had helped him. He returned in 1882 and 1886. 1
Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Good ShepherdTanner moved to , France, in 1891 to study, and continued to live there after being accepted in French artistic circles.[2] His painting entitled Daniel in the Lions' Den was accepted into the 1896 Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
After his own self-study in art as a young man, Tanner enrolled in 1879 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The only black student, he became a favorite of the painter Thomas Eakins, who had recently begun teaching there. Tanner made other connections among artists, including Robert Henri. In the late 1890s he was sponsored for a trip to the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem by Rodman Wanamaker, who was impressed by his paintings of biblical themes.
From Architectural Record: The house once occupied by another important Black painter, Henry O. Tanner, still stands a few blocks away at 29th and Diamond in Philadelphia. A student of Thomas Eakins, his work is also on view at the museum.
Source:
- Henry Ossawa Tanner on Wikipedia
Footnotes:
- Sally Svenson, Blacks in the Adirondacks, pp. 120-121, Syracuse University Press, 2017.
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