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Henry Ossawa Tanner

1859–1937

Frederick Gutekunst. Photographic portrait, about 1897.
Frederick Gutekunst. Photographic portrait, about 1897.

Tanner's father was a prominent minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. After studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the artist moved to France in 1891 to escape racist barriers to his career in the United States.

Works

The Two Disciples at the Tomb — Henry Ossawa TannerHenry Ossawa Tanner

The Two Disciples at the Tomb

Sources

Frederick Gutekunst, 25 Sep 1831 - 27 Apr 1917 · National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; npg_NPG.2011.10 · CC0 1.0 Portrait source · Licence