Henry Ossawa Tanner

American | 1859 - 1937

Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American painter who was born in 1859. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Fresno Art Museum. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Philadelphia Museum of Art have featured Henry Ossawa Tanner's work in the past.Henry Ossawa Tanner's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 8 USD to 541,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 541,000 USD for Nicodemus Coming to Christ, sold at Christie's New York in 2008. In the past 12 months, their artworks have averaged 529 USD.Henry Ossawa Tanner has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Daily Art Magazine in May 2025. The artist died in 1937.

Artist's alternative names: H.O. Tanner, Henry O. Tanner, Henry Tanner

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MOSQUE, TANGIERS

By Henry Ossawa Tanner

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FISHING BOATS AT SHORE, BRITTANY ,1905

By Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Notable Lots

A Jerusalem Type ,1908

By Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Midday, Tangiers

By Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Boy and Sheep under a Tree - Henry Ossawa Tanner

Boy and Sheep under a Tree ,1881

By Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Current Exhibitions

Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum

Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College

Clinton | New York | USA

Sep 07,2024 - Jun 08,2025

The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper

Fresno Art Museum

Fresno | California | USA

Feb 08,2025 - Jun 29,2025

Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection

Harn Museum of Art

Gainesville | Florida | USA

Feb 04,2025 - Jul 06,2025

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Articles

Daily Art Magazine 27/05/2025

Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City is a masterpiece of Black art and history. It was painted by Henry Ossawa Tanner during a time of incredible hardship for the Black community in the United States.

ArtDaily 15/05/2025

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is presenting Bienvenue: African American Artists in France, a historical survey of seventeen Black American artists who lived and worked in France from the late nineteenth century through the present.

Daily Art Magazine 24/03/2025

A virgin birth鈥攖rue story or fantastical allegory? Whatever your beliefs, you can鈥檛 deny that an immaculate conception is a terrific tale! The Annunciation is a key event in the Christian biblical story.

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