Henry Ossawa Tanner

**Henry Ossawa Tanner** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli June biɛɣ'pish ni yini dali yuuni 1859  ka daa kpi Silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pishi ni anu dali, yuuni 1937)  o daa nyɛla America nuchee ni baŋda so ŋun daa  be France tingbanni . Ŋuni n nyɛ tuuli gbanpiɛli gbansabinli ŋun na min di duniya zaa kpaŋmaŋ pini . Tanner nyɛla ŋun daa chaŋ Paris, France, yuuni  1891 ni o ti bɔ baŋsim shikuru yuli booni  Académie Julian ka di sɔŋɔ ka o pa nyɛ yuli n kpe France nucheeni tuun tumdi bɛ ni.  Yuuni  1923,  French gomdanti daa nyɛla ŋun piigi Tanner chevalier ka o leegi Legion of Honor.

## Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Henry Ossawa Tanner nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so tiŋ yuli booni Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. O ba  Benjamin Tucker Tanner bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1835 ka o daa kani yuuni 1923 la nyɛla ŋun daa leegi dolodolo kpɛma zaŋ  n-ti Asɔriduu din yuli booni  African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME).

## Pina

*1895, Atlanta, Cotton States and International Exposition: bronze medal for *[[The Bagpipe Lesson]]*.
*1896, Salon: honorable mention for *[[:File:Daniel in the Lions Den, from 1896 Salon catalog.jpg|Daniel in the Lions' Den]]*
*1897, Salon: third class medal for *[[:File:Henry Ossawa Tanner, Resurrection of Lazarus.jpg|Raising of Lazarus]]*
*1899, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art: Walter Lippincott prize for *[[:File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Jesus and nicodemus.jpg|Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop]]*
*1900, Paris Exposition: silver medal for *[[:File:Daniel in the Lions Den, from 1896 Salon catalog.jpg|Daniel in the Lions' Den]]*
*1901, Buffalo Exposition: silver medal for *[[:File:Daniel in the Lions Den, from 1896 Salon catalog.jpg|Daniel in the Lions' Den]]*
*1904, St. Louis Exposition: silver medal for *[[:File:Daniel in the Lions Den, from 1896 Salon catalog.jpg|Daniel in the Lions' Den]]*
*1906, Salon: second class medal for *The Disciples at Emmaus*
*1906, Art Institute of Chicago, Norman Wait Harris silver medal for *[[:File:Two Disciples at the Tomb c1906 Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|The Two Disciples at the Tomb]]*
*1915, Panama–Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco: gold medal for Christ at the Home of Lazarus (This link is to the study, not the final painting).
*1922, France: Knighthood of the Legion of Honor for his efforts in World War I, part of the Red Cross
*1927, New York, National Arts Club: bronze medal for *[[:File:Flight into Egypt (At the Gate), by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|Flight into Egypt (At the Gates)]]*
*1930, New York City, Grand Central Art Gallery: Walter L. Clark  prize for *[[:File:Etaples Fisher Folk by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1923, High Museum of Art.jpg|Etaples Fisher Folk]]*

## Exhibitions

* 1972: *The Art of Henry Ossawa Tanner*. Glen Falls, New York: The Hyde Collection.
* 1972: *19th Century American Landscape*. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
* 1976: *[[Two Centuries of Black American Art]]*. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
* 1989: *Black Art Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art*. Dallas Museum of Art.
* 1993: *Revisiting the White City: American Art at the 1893 World's Fair*
* 2010: *Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Contemporaries*, Des Moines Art Center (December–February 2011).
* 2012: *Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit*, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (January–April), then to Cincinnati Art Museum (May–September) and to Houston Museum of Fine Arts (October–January 2013)

## Selected works

* *Seascape-Jetty* (c. 1876–78)
* *[[:File:Pomp at the zoo, by Henry ossawa tanner.jpg|Pomp at the Zoo]]* (1880). Private Collection
* *[[:File:Joachim Leaving the Temple, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|Joachim Leaving the Temple]]* (c. 1882–1888). Baltimore Museum of Art
* *[[:File:Boy and Sheep Lying Under a Tree, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|Boy and Sheep Lying under a Tree]]* (1881). Private Collection (On display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
* *[[:File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City - Google Art Project.jpg|Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City]]* (1886). Estate of Sadie T. M. Alexander (On permanent display at the White House)
* *[[The Bagpipe Lesson]]* (1893). Hampton University Museum, Virginia
* *[[The Banjo Lesson]]* (1893). Hampton University Museum, Virginia
* *[[The Thankful Poor]]* (1894). Art Bridges
* *[[The Young Sabot Maker]]* (1895). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
* *[[:File:Daniel in the Lions Den, from 1896 Salon catalog.jpg|Daniel in the Lions' Den]]* (1895). Los Angeles County Museum of Art
* *[[:File:Henry Ossawa Tanner, Resurrection of Lazarus.jpg|The Resurrection of Lazarus]]* (1896). Musée d'Orsay, Paris
* *[[:File:Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner]]* (1897). Baltimore Museum of Art
* *[[Lions in the Desert]]* (c. 1897–1900). Smithsonian American Art Museum
* *[[The Annunciation (Tanner)|The Annunciation]]* (1898). Philadelphia Museum of Art, W.P. Wilstach Collection
* *Moonlight Landscape* (1898–1900). Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA.
* *[[:File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Good Shepherd - Google Art Project.jpg|The Good Shepherd]]* (1903). Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
* *[[:File:Return of the Holy Women, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1904.jpg|Return of the Holy Women]]* (1904). Cedar Rapids Art Gallery, Iowa
* *[[:File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Two Disciples at the Tomb - 1906.300 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg|Two Disciples at the Tomb]]* (1905–06). Art Institute of Chicago
* *[http://64.136.229.66:8081/objects/4349/the-visitation?ctx=ad04b93195d4f8a41025c50fb947d45adc4bfd69&idx=0 The Visitation]* (1909–10). Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
* *[[:File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Holy Family.jpg|The Holy Family]]* (1909–10). Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, Hackley Picture Fund
* *[[:File:Moroccan Scene by Henry Ossawa Tanner - BMA.jpg|Moroccan Scene]]* (about 1912). Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
* *[[:File:Palace of Justice, Tangier SAAM-1970.67 1.jpg|Palace of Justice, Tangier]]* (1912–13). Smithsonian American Art Museum
* *Scene in Cairo*. Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, Oklahoma

### Other works
:*See: [[List of paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner with events in his life]]*


File:Pomp at the zoo, by Henry ossawa tanner.jpg|*Pomp at the zoo*, circa 1880
File:Pomp at the Philadelphia Zoo.jpg|*Pomp at the Philadelphia Zoo*, circa 1880-1886
File:Sister Sarah, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*Sister Sarah*, 1882.
File:Woman from the West Indies, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.webp|*[[Woman from the West Indies]]*, 1891, Brittany, France.
Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Bagpipe Lesson.jpg|*[[The Bagpipe Lesson]]*, 1893
File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Young Sabot Maker - Google Art Project.jpg|*[[The Young Sabot Maker]]*, 1895
File:Marshes in New Jersey, by Henry Ossawa Tanner. SAAM-1984.149.3 1.jpg|1895. *Marshes in New Jersey*; possibly the "pastel of New Jersey coast by moonlight" exhibited at the 1895 Salon with *The Young Sabot Maker*.
File:The Annunciation to the Shepards, Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*The Annunciation to the Shepherds*, c. 1895
File:Resurrection of Lazarus by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*[[The Resurrection of Lazarus]]*, 1896. Won medal in 1897 Paris Salon, bought by French government. 
File:View of the Seine Looking Toward Notre Dame, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*View of the Seine, looking toward Notre Dame*, 1896
File:Nicodemus Visiting Jesus, by Henry Ossawa Tanner adjusted3.jpg|*Jesus and Nicodemus*, 1899. Displayed at Paris Salon and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where it won a Walter Lippincott Prize.
File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Salome 1900.jpg|*[[Salome (Henry Ossawa Tanner)|Salome]]*, circa 1900. The body of John the Baptist lies at her feet.
File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Abraham's Oak - Google Art Project.jpg|*[[Abraham's Oak (painting)|Abraham's Oak]]*, 1905. Biblical subject, also called the Oak of Mamre.
File:The Savior SAAM-1983.95.191 1.jpg|*The Savior*, 1900–1905
File:Christ in the home of Mary and Martha, Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*Christ in the home of Mary and Martha*, 1905
File:The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water*, c. 1907
File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Angels Appearing before the Shepherds.jpg|*Angels Appearing before the Shepherds*, c. 1910
File:Christ walking on the water, Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*Christ walking on the water*. Engraving, possibly a show catalog, 1910.
File:Three Marys, Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|*The Three Marys* (at Jesus' tomb), 1910. Entered in the 1910 Salon. (From left) Mary Magdalene, Mary, mother of Jesus,  Mary Salome
File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - 'A View of Fez', c. 1912, High Museum.JPG|*A View of Fez*, c. 1912
File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Fishermen at Sea.jpg|*Fishermen at Sea*, c. 1913
File:Mary, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.webp| *Mary*, 1914
File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Coastal Landscape, France.jpg|*Coastal Landscape*, France, 1919
File:Daniel in the Lions' Den LACMA 22.6.3.jpg|*Daniel in the Lions' Den*, 1907–1918. The original (now lost) was painted in 1895 and displayed in the 1896 Salon.
File:Return from the Crucifixion, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg|1936. Tanner's final painting,  *Return from the Crucifixion*. Mary and Joseph are in the front.


File:Henry Ossawa Tanner - Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City - Google Art Project.jpg|*Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City*, c. 1885, the White House.
File:Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1929-30, High Museum of Art.jpg|*Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah*, 1929–30, High Museum of Art


## Lihimi m-pahi
* African-American art
* List of Orientalist artists
* Orientalism
* Realism (arts)

## Kundivihira

## Further reading
* Anna O. Marley, ed. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit  (University of California Press: 2012).
* Marcia M. Matthews, Henry Ossawa Tanner: American Artist  (University of Chicago Press: 1995).
* Kristin Schwain, Signs of Grace: Religion and American Art in the Gilded Age (Cornell University Press: 2007).
* Will South, “A Missing Question Mark: The Unknown Henry Ossawa Tanner,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, vol. 8. issue 2 (Autumn 2009).
* Judith Wilson, “Lifting ‘The Veil’: Henry O. Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson and The Thankful Poor,” Contributions in Black Studies: A Journal of African and Afro-American Studies, volume 9, article 4.

## External links

* White House Biography
* Springfield Museum of Art Biography
* Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections Biography
* Muskegon Museum of Art
* Profile at PBS.org 
* ''Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit'' (University of California Press, 2012)—the most complete scholarly publication to date produced in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), Tanner's alma mater
* Biographical sketch and gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

; Art online
* ''Moroccan Scene'' at the Birmingham Museum of Art

**[[Archives of American Art]]**
* Henry Ossawa Tanner Papers
* Alexander family papers relating to Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1912–1985
* Gallery of images and letters from the PAFA archives 
*Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s–1978, bulk 1890–1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.