Republicans for Slavery Reparations? Mar 4, 2008
HARLEM REDESIGN Theycomeat you like images from some long forgotten painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner: girls jumping double dutch next to field scenes of men and women working the crops; kids balling, 19th century style, with hoops set high in trees while happy couples court and dance. . (Slate)
New exhibit opens at Altavista YMCA Feb 9, 2008
Some of works on display include a collage of post cards from a trip to New Orleans, a poster showing iron gates in Charleston, Queena Stovall works, a print of Buffalo Soldiers, one by Henry Ossawa Tanner of an older man teaching the banjo to a youngster, and scenes from church and other places. There's one showing African-American civil rights leaders in Lynchburg during the 1960s and 1970s. (Altivista Journal, VA)
Archibald Motley Jan 20, 2008
In 1928, Motley had a one-man show in New York, the first African-American artist to do so since the religious painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. Paris and Bronzeville. (Suite101.com)
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The angel Gabriel appears to the virgin Mary in 1898's 'The Annunciation' by Pennsylvania artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. Related offer. (WorldNetDaily)
'It happened supernaturally. There's no other explanation' Feb 18, 2007
The angel Gabriel appears to the virgin Mary in 1898's 'The Annunciation' by Pennsylvania artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. The indicates two angels helped rescue Lot and his family from the ancient city of Sodom; shows the angel Gabriel being dispatched by God to the town of Nazareth to inform Mary she would miraculously become pregnant with Jesus; and reminds people to "entertain strangers," since some strangers might actually be angels. (WorldNetDaily)
CBS 2 At The Met: 'Americans In Paris' Oct 23, 2006
African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner fell under the spell of Paris. He was happy to leave what he perceived to be a racially- conflicted United States Tanner made his career painting rural life in France. (CBS New York, NY)
Rediscovering Tanner's 'America' at BMA Jun 30, 2006
The recently concluded show "Henry Ossawa Tanner and the Lure of Paris" demonstrated how Tanner (1859-1937) learned from the American artists with whom he studied and later learned from European artists after settling in France; and the recently opened second installment, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and His Influence in America," demonstrates how 20th-century black artists were in turn inspired by Tanner's example ... "Henry Ossawa Tanner and His Influence in America" runs through Dec. 3 at the... (Columbia Flier, MD)
A legacy that inspired a generation of artists Jun 7, 2006
Henry Ossawa Tanner, whose large and varied body of work, including landscapes, portraits and atmospheric images of religious subjects, made him the first African-American artist to win an international reputation, inspired a generation of black artists to pursue professional careers ... Now Tanner's legacy for the artists of the Harlem Renaissance is the subject of Henry Ossawa Tanner and His Influence in America, a terrific exhibition of more than 40 paintings and other works by those who... (SunSpot.net)
American Red Cross and Threadless Online Community Team Up to Create Lasting Impressions for 125th Anniversary Apr 15, 2006
"We have 125 years of compelling and ingenious images from artists such as Norman Rockwell and Henry Ossawa Tanner. We're excited to add a few more to the gallery.". Creative souls interested in joining the competition only need to log on to Threadless. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
