To celebrate Black History Month, I am posting work of a Black artist from history per day.
For February 28th, I am posting work by Henry Ossawa Tanner. (2/2)
#BlackHistoryMonth #HenryOssawaTanner #painter
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To celebrate Black History Month, I am posting work of a Black artist from history per day.
For February 28th, I am posting work by Henry Ossawa Tanner. (1/2)
#BlackHistoryMonth #HenryOssawaTanner #painter
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Erkenciler, çalışkanlar..
#TheYoungSabotMaker
#HenryOssawaTanner 1895
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🎨 On This Day in Black History – September 10, 1973 🎨 The U.S. Postal Service honored Henry Ossawa Tanner with a commemorative stamp, celebrating his legacy as the first African American artist elected to the National Academy of Design. ✉️✨ Tanner, renowned for masterpieces such as The Banjo Lesson and The Thankful Poor, used his art to portray the richness of Black life and spirituality. His recognition with a stamp not only celebrated his genius but also elevated the visibility of African American contributions to fine art. His trailblazing career continues to inspire Black artists around the world to push boundaries and tell their stories through creative expression. 🖌️ 💬 What’s your favorite piece of Black art or artist that inspires you? Share below! #BlackHistory365 #HenryOssawaTanner #OnThisDay #BlackArtMatters #Trailblazer #CulturalLegacy #TheEnglandManor #AAM_EM #AAM
🎨 On This Day in Black History – September 10, 1973 🎨
The U.S. Postal Service honored Henry Ossawa Tanner with a commemorative stamp.
#BlackHistory365 #HenryOssawaTanner #OnThisDay #TheEnglandManor #AAM_EM #AAM
In this portrait, Mrs. Tanner is shown in a highly studied pose meant to look informal and casual. Tanner painted Jessie’s face with greater detail than her dress, which he painted in a loose, unfinished manner. #HenryOssawaTanner
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! ARTIST, HENRY OSSAWA TANNER ! SINGER, BRENDA HOLLOWAY ! POLITICIAN, JOSEPH HAYNES RAINEY ! RAPPER, PETE ROCK ! NBA PLAYER, DERRICK COLEMAN ! NBA PLAYER, THADDEUS YOUNG !
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Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)
American artist🎨
#HenryOssawaTanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)
American artist🎨
#HenryOssawaTanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)
American artist🎨
#HenryOssawaTanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)
American artist🎨
#HenryOssawaTanner
This Tanner piece was one of those. Those greens? That impressionist hat(?) and wood(?). The complex repetition of colors across the piece? I'm stinkin' delighted I even came close. #dachshund #henryossawatanner
A warm, softly lit painting of an elderly Black man teaching a young Black boy how to play the banjo. They sit closely together in a modest wooden cabin, bathed in golden light from an unseen fire. The background features a simple table with a white cloth, a jug, and sparse furnishings. The scene conveys tenderness, wisdom, and the passing down of knowledge through generations.
Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson (1893) is more than paint on canvas—it’s a quiet act of defiance.
In a world that mocked and erased, Tanner captured warmth, legacy, and the dignity of Black life. A lesson passed down, a story still told.
#HenryOssawaTanner #AfricanAmericanArt
Have y’all ever seen this painting? It’s fantastic. The shifting blues, the camels, I love everything about this. It was painted by Henry Ossawa Tanner back in 1925. The rest of his work is just as lovely. Such an artist! No wonder he became world famous. #HenryOssawaTanner #TheThreeWiseMen #Art
Interior of a Mosque, Cairo
Henry Ossawa Tanner
1897
#art #henryossawatanner #africanamericanartist #painting
Shaft of vertical light to the far left, a bed, a teenaged girl in a plain robe sitting on the bed on the right. She looks nervous and resigned.
#HenryOssawaTanner artist. "The Annunciation" is interesting because it shows a Bible event differently. Other works are equally impressive. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Painted during a triumphant visit home from Paris in 1897, Henry Ossawa Tanner’s portrait of his mother is both a tribute to Sarah Tanner—the central, stabilizing figure in her large and distinguished African American family—and a celebration of her son’s recent success in his chosen career, in which he had persevered despite initial opposition from his parents. In its composition the work refers to a world-famous image by another American: James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s Portrait of the Artist’s Mother of 1871. Tanner’s portrait of his mother has none of the cool austerity of Whistler’s picture; instead it is an affectionate portrayal of a strong, sensitive, thoughtful personality.
Portrait of the Artist's Mother by Henry Ossawa Tanner (American) - Oil on canvas / 1897 - Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania) #womeninart #americanartist #fineart #portrait #philadelphiamuseumofart #womansart #artwork #henryossawatanner #mother #art #painting #mom #AfricanAmericanArt #bskyart
Oil on canvas rendering in blues and reds of the destruction of sodom and Gomorrah. Three figures in the foreground, a pillar of salt behind, and a destroyed landscape in the background.
Back to work. Still have some hints of biblical scholarship in my day job.
#SodomandGomorrah (ca. 1920-1924) by #HenryOssawaTanner (1859-1937). #blackartists #americanart #amoncartermuseumofamericanart
In 1996, Tanner's painting "Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City" was the first by an African American artist to be acquired for the permanent collection of the White House.
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