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Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859 - 1937) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Kansas / France. Henry Tanner is 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 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 back to painting and sailed for France.
In Paris he studied at the Julian Academy with Benjamin C ...
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Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
100 Eleventh Avenue @ 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
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Leland Little Auctions
620 Cornerstone Court
Hillsborough, NC 27278
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Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio
5230 Silo Hill Road
Doylestown, PA 18902
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Martha Henry, Inc. Fine Art
400 East 57 Street
Suite 7L
New York, NY 10022
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Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York,, NY 10010
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Treasured Art Collector
9945 Easthaven
Houston, TX 77075
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Black Art Auction
1608 Menard Street
St Louis, MO 63104
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H + K Gallery
Po Box 1280
Drayton, SC 29333
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Woodshed Art Auctions
1243 Pond Street
Franklin, MA 02038
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Godel & Co. Fine Art
236 Sarles Street
Bedford Corners, NY 10549
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Brock & Co.
P. O. Box 648
Concord, MA 01742
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Koman Fine Art
2905 Cardinal Drive
Vero Beach, FL 32963
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