Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner which was uploaded on February 3rd, 2016.
Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures
Henry Ossawa Tanner - Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures - circa 1909... more
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Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures
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Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Painting - Oil Painting
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Henry Ossawa Tanner - Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures - circa 1909
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist. He was the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. He moved to Paris in 1891 to study, and decided to stay there, being readily accepted in French artistic circles. His painting entitled Daniel in the Lions' Den was accepted into the 1896 Salon.
After teaching himself some art, he had enrolled as a young man in 1879 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He was the only black student and became a favorite of the painter Thomas Eakins, who had recently started teaching there. He also made other connections among artists, including Robert Henri. In the late 1890s he was sponsored for a trip to Palestine by Rodman Wanamaker, who was impressed by his paintings of biblical themes.
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