African-American Realist Painter, 1859-1937 American painter. He was one of the foremost African American artists, achieving an international reputation in the early years of the 20th century for his religious paintings. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal bishop, he studied art with Thomas Eakins from 1880 to 1882 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He then worked in Philadelphia and Atlanta, GA, where he ran a photography studio and taught at Clark College.  Related Paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner :. | The Banjo Lesson | The Arch | Christ and His Disciples on the Bethany Road | Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, | The first lesson |
Related Artists:
Constantijn Netscher
painted Portrait de la princesse Palatine in 1700
George Shuklin
painted Pyotr Drozhdin in 1745
Anton Ritter von Stadler
painting Landschaft in 1909