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Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Muted night landscape with a large spreading oak, a pale moon, and two cloaked figures walking on the plain.

Abraham's Oak

1905

Painting of luminous angels above blue hills, with shepherds gathered by a small fire at the lower right at night.

Angels Appearing before the Shepherds

1910

Loose oil sketch of a park path with a bearded man, a child, a woman with a parasol, and sailboat masts.

The Man Who Rented Boats

1859

Watercolor of a village of tiled-roof houses beside a green field, with two figures walking a winding path under a pale sky.

Kansas City, Kansas

1859

Painting of a deep rocky gorge with a robed shepherd and sheep on a ledge at lower right, under a pale hazy sky.

The Good Shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco)

1930

Painted study of a robed bearded figure on a hillside gesturing toward misty mountains, with a glowing light at left.

Study for Moses and the Burning Bush

1902

Loose painting of pale poplar trees, a small figure in blue, and a turquoise sky over a sandy open landscape.

Scene of Algiers

1859

Loose blue-toned painting of two robed figures on a rooftop beside a dark dome, with a pale horizon behind them.

Study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop

1920

Hazy blue painting of a large arched building facade with two dark figures on horseback in the lower right corner.

Palace of Justice, Tangier

1910

Loose painted study of robed figures, one kneeling in the foreground, against a yellow wall.

Study, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples

1900

Loose oil painting of a pale country road curving through an ochre field toward dark green trees under a grey sky.

Country Road in France

1930

Robed figures gather on a dusty path beneath a large gnarled tree, painted in muted teal and ochre tones.

He Healed the Sick

1930

Painting of a man leading a dark calf down a sunlit street lined with whitewashed buildings and arched doorways.

Street Scene, Tangier (Man Leading Calf)

1910

Painting of tall pale poplar trees, a small figure in blue on a path, and a pale sandy plain under a turquoise sky.

Scene of Algiers

1930

Dim interior with a seated man at a table, a standing woman in rust dress, and a small figure in a doorway at right.

And He Disappeared out of Their Sight

1890

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

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

Lions in the Desert

1900

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

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

Loose painted sketch of a boy with a satchel beside a tree in a sunlit green garden with white blossoms.

Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

1890

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 mosque interior in Cairo with pointed arches, a standing figure in a white robe and a seated worshipper.

Interior of a Mosque, Cairo

1897

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

Elderly man and child with bowed heads praying at a table set with a white cloth, plates, cups and a pitcher.

The Thankful Poor

1894

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

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 a woman riding a donkey with a bearded man with a staff on a dirt road beneath olive trees, hills behind.

Flight into Egypt

1899

Moonlit landscape with a large tree and a cloaked figure standing beside it, under a pale blue night sky.

The Good Shepherd

1902

Veiled woman seated with a child in a dim interior, a bearded man standing in shadow beside a doorway with light.

The Holy Family

1909

Painting of the Seine at dusk with a bridge, silhouetted towers, a moored barge, and a figure on the riverbank.

The Seine

1902

Painting of fishermen in a rowboat hauling a net through green-blue sea, with a distant boat on the horizon.

The Miraculous Haul of Fishes

1913

Robed figures gather beneath a large tree in muted teal and ochre tones, with a kneeling figure in pale blue on the ground.

He Healed the Sick, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

1930

Dim interior with a seated man at a table lit by a glow, a woman in red standing beside him, and arched niches on the wall.

And He Disappeared out of Their Sight

1898

Watercolor of a wide sea under overcast sky, with a dark smoke plume rising from a distant ship on the horizon.

Crossing the Atlantic (Return Home)

1894

Loose painted study of a boy seen from behind in a sunlit green garden beneath a tree, with blossoming shrubs.

Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

1892

Loose oil landscape of rust-red hills, dark trees on both sides, and a pale grey sky with a winding path.

Untitled - Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

1859

Painting of a damaged wooden boat with a broken mast on calm pale green water, with a distant boat under a hazy sky.

The Wreck

1859

Painting of two cloaked travellers on a donkey along a pale road beside a large tree under a blue sky.

Flight into Egypt

1921

Charcoal study of two hands and forearms on aged paper, one hand gripping the wrist of the other arm.

Study of Two Hands

1930

Pastel study of a woman in white and a bearded man in purple walking a pale path through a hazy landscape.

Study for Flight to Egypt

1920

Pastel drawing of a moonlit marsh at night with reeds, reflective water, a glowing moon and a small wooden structure.

Marshes in New Jersey

1890

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

1890