Henry Ossawa Tanner : modern spirit

Resource Information

The work Henry Ossawa Tanner : modern spirit represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Henry Ossawa Tanner : modern spirit

Title remainder

modern spirit

Statement of responsibility

edited by Anna O. Marley

Creator

• Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937

Contributor

• Cincinnati Art Museum
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Marley, Anna O.
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Artist

• Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937

Editor

• Marley, Anna O.

Host institution

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
• Cincinnati Art Museum

Publisher

• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Subject

• African American artists -- Biography
• African American artists -- Biography
• Artistes noirs américains -- Biographies
• Biographies
• Biographies
• Biographies
• Biography
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Schilderijen
• Tanner, Henry Ossawa
• Tanner, Henry Ossawa -- Criticism and interpretation
• Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937
• Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937 -- Exhibitions
• Verenigde Staten
• exhibition catalogs
• African American artists

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• exhibition catalogs
• Biography
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

This beautiful book, companion publication to the exhibition of the same name, presents a complex overview of the life and career of the pioneering African American artist Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937). Recognized as the patriarch of African American artists, Tanner forged a path to international success, powerfully influencing younger black artists who came after him. Following a preface by David Driskell, the essays in this book -- written by international scholars including Alan Braddock, Michael Leja, Jean-Claude Lesage, Richard Powell, Marc Simpson, Tyler Stovall, and Hélène Valance -- explore many facets of Tanner's life, including his upbringing in post-Civil War Philadelphia, his background as the son of a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal church, and his role as the first major academically trained African American artist. Additional essays discuss Tanner's expatriate life in France, his depictions of the Holy Land and North Africa, and the scientific and technical innovations reflected in his oeuvre. Edited and introduced by Anna O. Marley, this volume expands our understanding of Tanner's place in art history, showing that his status as a painter was deeply influenced by his race but not decided by it--Publisher

Member of

• George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs

Series statement

A George Gund Foundation book in African American studies