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Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Painting of a white-robed figure passing through a whitewashed Moorish archway with sunlit steps and a blue sky.

Gateway, Tangier

1910

Loose oil landscape with two dark trees, reddish rolling hills and a pale overcast sky by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Untitled - Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

1930

Loose oil sketch of a park promenade with a man beside white sailboats, a child, and a woman with a parasol under trees.

The Man Who Rented Boats

1930

Painting of a seated young man working at a bench in a dim workshop, with a standing figure behind him in shadow.

Study for the Young Sabot Maker

1890

Woman in a veil holds an oil lamp while seated on a bed in a dark, moonlit interior.

Mary

1910

Muted blue-gray night landscape with a large gnarled oak, a pale full moon, and two cloaked figures walking across a plain.

Abraham's Oak

1900

Painting of a dark fishing boat tossed by rough blue waves, with small figures aboard and bright light on the horizon.

Fishermen at Sea

1910

Painting of a lion on a sandy desert ridge at sunset, with another lion behind it and reddish hills in the distance.

Lions in the Desert

1900

Blue-toned painting of a kneeling woman by water at moonlight, with a standing figure and a distant sailboat.

Moses in the Bullrushes

1920

Two figures stand outside a hut at night, one holding a glowing lantern against a dark sky and water.

The Fisherman's Return

1930

Profile of a Woman's Head

1930

Loose painting of a narrow canyon with tan and ochre rock walls, pale blue sky above, and dark water below.

The Canyon

Painting of a shrouded man rising from a tomb while robed mourners and onlookers react in a dim cave setting.

Resurrection of Lazarus by Henry Ossawa Tanner

1896

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white beard and green robe against a dark brown background.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

1899

Two men in dark robes stand beside a pale stone tomb opening, lit by warm light against a shadowed background.

The Two Disciples at the Tomb

c. 1906

Watercolor of wooded hills and a tall tree above a green grassy field under a cloudy sky.

Highlands, N.C.

1880

Watercolor of a choppy sea under a grey sky, with a dark smoke plume drifting across the water toward the horizon.

Crossing the Atlantic (Return Home)

1890

Painting of a dark, damaged wooden boat with a broken mast floating on pale reflective water under a hazy sky.

The Wreck

1930

Loose painting of a woman in a pale robe beside pale animals in a warm, ochre-lit interior room.

Study for the Annunciation

1890

Watercolor of a village of brick houses beside trees, with two figures walking a path across a green field.

Kansas City, Kansas

1930

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a green robe against a dark brown background, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

1920

Dusky river scene with a stone bridge, silhouetted towers, a moored barge and a figure on the quay under a pink sky.

The Seine

c. 1902

Painting of a robed man standing calmly among crouching lions in a dim, blue-green stone den.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

1907

Painting of a grey-skied plaza with a gilded dome building on the right, a woman in black walking a small dog.

Les Invalides, Paris

1896

Portrait of the Artist's Mother

1897

Painting of wind-swept sand dunes with grasses and shrubs, waves and sailboats in the distance under a pale sunset sky.

Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City

1885

Painting of a woman holding an infant on a donkey in a moonlit arched street, with a lantern and a robed figure beside them.

Flight into Egypt

1923

Loose oil painting of a hazy hillside town with pale rooftops, green shrubs in the foreground, and a distant tower under a pa

A View of Fes

1912

Two cloaked travelers ride a donkey across a pale plain beneath a large tree and a blue sky.

The Flight into Egypt

1907

Painting of a woman spinning by a fireplace while a boy tends firewood and a man sits in a plain wooden room.

Spinning By Firelight - The Boyhood of George Washington Gray

1894

Seated woman in a striped robe looks upward in an arched room, lit by a shaft of golden light beside a white bed.

The Annunciation, Philadelphia Museum of Art, W1899-1-1-pma, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

1898

Painting of an older man guiding a young boy's hands on a banjo in a sunlit wooden room.

The Banjo Lesson

1893