Artist
Henry Ossawa Tanner
United States
Henry Ossawa Tanner is an United States American Impressionism painter. 18 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings.
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.
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