The Resurrection of Henry Ossawa Tanner
Posted by Stephen May on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Resurrection of Henry Ossawa Tanner The annals of American art are crowded with artists who achieved renown in their lifetimes, but whose reputations – for a variety of reasons – faded after their demise. No story is more poignant than that of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), a gifted African American painter who grew up in Philadelphia, but, to escape painful discrimination, pursued his career in France. Henry Ossawa...read more