This is an incomplete list of paintings by American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937).
Tanner is the first Black artist to have a major solo exhibition in the United States,[1] and the first to have his work acquired for the collection of the White House.
[316] 53 years old The painting was exhibited in 1913 in Chicago and New York, was a Paris Salon entry for 1914, and in 1915 won a gold medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
It is a very simple composition, less dramatic than most of his biblical subjects, but full of deep significance and spirituality.
In the schools he carried away many honors, and was considered a "strong man" at Julien's before his first salon picture.
Untitled landscape, circa 1880, Henry Ossawa Tanner
Pomp at the Philadelphia Zoo, circa 1880-1886
Feeding Sheep, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Man with a ruffed collar
, dated "Paris, '95". Private collection.
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Oil on canvas, 43.8 x 35.6 cm. (17.2 x 14 in.)
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Waiting for the Lord (magazine print)
Gathering Faggots
At the Well
It Must Be My Very Star, Come Down to Brooklyn, After All, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Same image, different result in digtization
, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Anguish
by August Friedrich Schenk appeared in the Paris Salon, 1878
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under its French title
Angoisses
.
Daniel's Answer to the King
by Briton Riviere, 1890.
Shore Landscape with building and Dock, undated. Private collection, oil on panel, 9 1/4" x 13 1/2".
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Study for the Young Sabot Maker
, 1893.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
, 1975.27.2. Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper, height: 38.7 cm (15.2 in); width: 25.9 cm (10.1 in.)
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Landscape Near Jerusalem
. Published in
June 1900 Brush and Pencil
.
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1898 Study,
And He Disappeared Out of Their Sight
,
Smithsonian American Art Museum
, 1983.95.200. Oil on plywood, 10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (27.1 x 35.0 cm.)
Study for Nicodemus
, 1899. Private collection. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 7 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.
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One of the four paintings photographed by the Harmon Foundation, exhibited by them in 1931.
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Study for Jesus among the Doctors, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Christ Among the Doctors, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Nicodemus
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or
Study for Christ Among the Doctors
or
Portrait of a Bearded Man
,
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undated. Private collection. Oil on canvas, 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.
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Painting was handed down in Tanner's family, through a nephew.
Picture of Tanner in his workshop, painting
Christ In the Temple
or
Christ Among the Doctors
Study of Issac
for
Mothers of the Bible
, 1898. Howard University Department of Art, HUGA052. Charcoal, 24 × 15 in. (61 × 38.1 cm)
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Pastoral scene, Palestine
. Private collection, formerly owned by Hampton Institute. Assessed as
c.
1895
, but prob 1897/1898-1899, when Tanner traveled to Palestine.
Return of the Fisherman
, 1905, a "replica of a work originally called Night." Tanner painted this and the original painting very dark, and this online version has been lightened, perhaps beyond what the artist would have preferred.
Return of the Fisherman
without digital lightening.
House (Wall) in Blue
,
c.
1908-1912
Private collection, location unknown.Oil on wood panel, circa 1908–12. 331x235 mm; 13x9 1/4 inches. Titled in pencil, upper right verso.
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Middle Eastern Cityscape
Street Scene in Tangiers
In Constantine
Oil painting
French Chateau - A Study
,
c.
1912
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Return from the Cross
or
Return of the Holy Women
. Names labeled on back of photo from Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
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Jessie and Jesse Tanner as Mary and Jesus, about 1910.
Study for the Three Marys
Head of Christ
. Private collection, undated. Conte crayon and pencil on cream laid paper, 165x165 mm; 6 1/2x6 1/4 in.
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The painting in a 1914 news clipping. Henry Ossawa Tanner is painted into this version.
Study for Christ in the Home of Lazarus
, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Oil on canvas, 26 x 29 in. (66 x 73.7 cm).
Another version of
Christ in the home of Lazarus
by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
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Study for Portrait of Mrs. Atherton Curtis
.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
, 1983.95.33. Charcoal and pastel on paper mounted on paperboard, 18 3⁄4 x 20 in. (47.6 x 50.8 cm).
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City Walls, Tangier
, undated. Location unknown. Photo in the collection of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
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Another version,
Gate to the Casbah
, 1914, private collection, oil on canvas, 30 x 26" (76.2 x 66.04 cm)
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Doorway in Tangier, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, collection of Philadelphia Art Museum
Study for Disciple Kneeling at the Tomb
, undated.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
, 1983.95.32. Charcoal and vine charcoal on paper, 13 1⁄2 x 9 3⁄4 in. (34.4 x 24.8 cm)
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Fishermen's Return, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Fishermen Returning at Night
,
c.
1930
. Merton Simpson collection, oil and tempera on academy board, 9 3/8 x
7
+
1
⁄
2
inches.
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The Good Shepherd in the Atlas Mountains
or
The Good Shepherd
,
c.
1936
. Private collection, Oil and tempera on board, 9 1/4 x 13 in. (23.5 x 33.02 cm.)
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He Healed the Sick, number 11, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Study for Disciples Healing the Sick
,
c.
1930
. Private collection. Oil on thin plywood panel, 10 1/2x13 3/4 in.
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Flight into Egypt, 1935, by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Study for Return from Crucifixion
, signed 1933.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
, 1983.95.37. Pencil and conté crayon on paper mounted on paperboard, 15 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.
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