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Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Gateway, Tangier
Painting ID:: 91892
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Henry Ossawa Tanner
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African-American Realist Painter, 1859-1937
American painter. He was one of the foremost African American artists, achieving an international reputation in the early years of the 20th century for his religious paintings. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal bishop, he studied art with Thomas Eakins from 1880 to 1882 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He then worked in Philadelphia and Atlanta, GA, where he ran a photography studio and taught at Clark College. |
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Gateway, Tangier |
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c. 1912
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 18 7/16 x 15 5/16 in. (46.8 x 38.9 cm)
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