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Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)George Hitchcock (1850-1913)Julian Russell Story (1857-1919)Gari Melchers (1860-1932)Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)Robert Henri (1865-1929)Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858-1925)Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989)William Scharf (b. 1927)
Renowned African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner is known for his portraits, religious works, and

Untitled (1880), oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 25 3/16" 		Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)

Renowned African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner is known for his portraits, religious works, and genre paintings. He studied under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts but eventually moved to France, where his race proved less of an obstacle to his career. His great success in Paris made him the first African American artist to gain international prestige. This work evidences Tanner's early naturalistic yet sentimental style.

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