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Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner is known for glowing religious paintings and moving scenes of African American life. His biblical scenes use soft light, deep blues and quiet emotion to make ancient stories feel real and human.

Born in Pittsburgh, he studied with Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1891 he moved to Paris, studying at the Académie Julian, and he spent the rest of his life in France. His painting The Banjo Lesson (1893) is at Hampton University. His Resurrection of Lazarus was bought by the French state in 1897, and he became the first African American painter to win international fame. He travelled in Palestine and Egypt to study the settings of his biblical scenes.

Flight into Egypt and Christ and His Disciples on the Bethany Road show his luminous night light and sense of mystery.

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Christ and His Disciples on the Bethany Road by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionChrist and His Disciples on the Bethany RoadHenry Ossawa Tanner$249Flight into Egypt II by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionFlight into Egypt IIHenry Ossawa Tanner$259Flight into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionFlight into EgyptHenry Ossawa Tanner$259Mary Washing The Feet Of Christ by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionMary Washing The Feet Of ChristHenry Ossawa Tanner$259Your own photo?

People, pets, houses and places, painted in oil by hand.

Commission a painting Moonlight Path by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionMoonlight PathHenry Ossawa Tanner$259Spinning by Firelight – The Boyhood of George Washington Gray by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSpinning by Firelight – The Boyhood of George Washington GrayHenry Ossawa Tanner$249The Arch by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe ArchHenry Ossawa Tanner$259The Banjo Lesson by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Banjo LessonHenry Ossawa Tanner$249The Good Shepherd by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Good ShepherdHenry Ossawa Tanner$259The Seine by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe SeineHenry Ossawa Tanner$249The Sleeping Disciples by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Sleeping DisciplesHenry Ossawa Tanner$259The Two Disciples at the Tomb by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Two Disciples at the TombHenry Ossawa Tanner$259The Visitation by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe VisitationHenry Ossawa Tanner$259The Walls Of Jerusalem by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Walls Of JerusalemHenry Ossawa Tanner$249View Of The Seine Looking Toward Notre Dame by Henry Ossawa Tanner, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView Of The Seine Looking Toward Notre DameHenry Ossawa Tanner$259