Henry Ossawa Tanner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Ossawa Tanner

American painter

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1859

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 25-May-1937

Profession: painter, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim.
Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study, and continued to live there after being accepted in French artistic circles.
His painting entitled Daniel in the Lions' Den was accepted into the 1896 Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After his own self-study in art as a young man, Tanner enrolled in 1879 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
The only black student, he became a favorite of the painter Thomas Eakins, who had recently begun teaching there.
Tanner made other connections among artists, including Robert Henri.
In the late 1890s he was sponsored for a trip to the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem by Rodman Wanamaker, who was impressed by his paintings of biblical themes.



Alternative names	Frederic Gutekunst; F. Gutekunst
Description	American photographer and war photographer
Date of birth/death	25 September 1831	27 April 1917
Location of birth/death	Germantown	Philadelphia
Work period	1856-1917
Work location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Authority control	: Q1452890 VIAF: 44605305 ISNI: 0000 0000 6662 3682 ULAN: 500037003 LCCN: nr94016438 GND: 132232987 WorldCat