The Raising of Lazarus
at Musée d'Orsay
Henry Ossawa Tanner
American1859–1937
About
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. In 1923, the French government elected Tanner chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
Notable works
Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures
at Dallas Museum of Art
A View of Fes
at High Museum of Art
Bust of Benjamin Tucker Tanner
at Walters Art Museum
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
at High Museum of Art
Etaples Fisher Folk
at High Museum of Art
The Flight into Egypt
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Gateway, Tangier
at Saint Louis Art Museum
Spinning by Firelight - The Boyhood of George Washington Gray
at Yale University Art Gallery
The Miraculous Haul of Fishes
at National Academy of Design
Works in the collection
15 works
The Raising of Lazarus
at Musée d'Orsay
Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures
at Dallas Museum of Art
A View of Fes
at High Museum of Art
Bust of Benjamin Tucker Tanner
at Walters Art Museum
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
at High Museum of Art
Etaples Fisher Folk
at High Museum of Art
The Flight into Egypt
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Gateway, Tangier
at Saint Louis Art Museum
Spinning by Firelight - The Boyhood of George Washington Gray
at Yale University Art Gallery
The Miraculous Haul of Fishes
at National Academy of Design
More by Henry Ossawa Tanner in institutions
High Museum of Art
Fulton County, United States
Musée d'Orsay
7th arrondissement of Paris, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Cincinnati Art Museum
Eden Park, United States
National Academy of Design
Manhattan, United States
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
