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Museums page for Henry Ossawa Tanner ((1859 - 1937)), known for Painting-religious, Orientalism, genre, figure, landscape. Showing 36 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1859 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1937 Etaples, France. Known for: Painting-religious, Orientalism, genre, figure, landscape.
America's first internationally renowned African-American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh to a well-educated and devoutly religious family. When Henry was age 13, his father, the... Read full biography
America's first internationally renowned African-American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh to a well-educated and devoutly religious family. When Henry was age 13, his father, the Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, moved the family to Philadelphia. With the support of his parents... Read full biography
America's first internationally renowned African-American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh to a well-educated and devoutly religious family. When Henry was age 13, his father, the Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, moved the family to Philadelphia. With the support of his parents and inspiration from the art of the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy to study with Thomas Eakins who became a close friend. Tanner briefly painted animals and was... Read full biography
America's first internationally renowned African-American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh to a well-educated and devoutly religious family. When Henry was age 13, his father, the Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, moved the family to Philadelphia. With the support of his parents and inspiration from the art of the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy to study with Thomas Eakins who became a close friend. Tanner briefly painted animals and was determined to become the "American Landseer" in response to the demand for animal portraits. Between 1886 and 1887 Tanner was an illustrator for Harper Brothers, a publishing firm willing to advance black artists and writers. He then moved to Atlanta,... Read full biography
America's first internationally renowned African-American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh to a well-educated and devoutly religious family. When Henry was age 13, his father, the Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, moved the family to Philadelphia. With the support of his parents and inspiration from the art of the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy to study with Thomas Eakins who became a close friend. Tanner briefly painted animals and was determined to become the "American Landseer" in response to the demand for animal portraits. Between 1886 and 1887 Tanner was an illustrator for Harper Brothers, a publishing firm willing to advance black artists and writers. He then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he briefly and unsuccessfully ran a photography studio, but by 1891 he turned ba... Read full biography
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About Henry Ossawa Tanner: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (36)
All MuseumsLa Salle University Art Museum
Featured1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
223 James P. Brawley Dr Sw
Trevor Arnett Hall, 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30314Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Davis Museum
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Howard University Gallery of Art
Howard University
2455 6th Street
Washington, DC 20059Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth Street
Augusta, GA 30901Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William & Mary
611 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Po Box 6826
Houston, TX 77005Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Webster
Muskegon, MI 49440National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101RISD Museum
224 Benefit Street
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903-2723Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Springfield Museum of Art
107 Cliff Park Road
Springfield, OH 45501Telfair Museum of Art
Po Box 10081
Savannah, GA 31412The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street
Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG
U of North Carolina, Spring Garden At Tate Street
Po Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170Westmoreland Museum of American Art
221 North Main Street
Greensburg, PA 15601-1898White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271