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Nicodemus Visiting Christ is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, made in Jerusalem in 1899 during the artist's second visit to what was then Palestine. [1] The painting is biblical, featuring Nicodemus talking privately to Christ in the evening, and is an example of Tanner's nocturnal light paintings, in which the world is shown in night light.
The Annunciation is an 1898 painting by the African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. It depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation, where the archangel Gabriel visits Mary to announce that she will give birth to Jesus. [1] The painting is held by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Resurrection of Lazarus is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner entered into the Paris Salon in 1897 and winning a third place medal. [1] [2] During his lifetime, this was the painting for which he was most known, his "masterwork". [2] Since his death in 1937, secular tastes have pushed The Banjo Lesson to the top place in public esteem. [2]
This is an incomplete list of paintings by American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937). Tanner is the first Black artist to have a major solo exhibition in the United States, [1] and the first to have his work acquired for the collection of the White House.
Flight into Egypt was a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, created in Paris about 1899 and displayed at the Carnegie Institute that year, along with Judas. [1] The painting, a religious work, is an example of Tanner's symbolist paintings. The 1899 version was his first version of the painting. [2]
Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. [ 1 ] Tanner moved to Paris , France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles.