"The Annunciation" by Henry Ossawa Tanner
I just learned that there will a retrospective of the work of Henry Ossawa Tanner at the
Cincinnati Art Museum from May 26th to Sept 9, 2012. I am excited because there is a 2 day overlap from when the Rembrandt in America show ends at the
Cleveland Art Musuem (Feb 19 - May 28, 2012) and when the Tanner show begins. There are about 250 miles between the two cities with Columbus on the way.
About the Tanner Retrospective:
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit
May 26, 2012 - September 09, 2012
Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,this exhibition is the second stop on a three city tour.More than one hundred pieces, from paintings to sculptures are included in this exhibition of the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937)-including Tanner’s upbringing in Philadelphia in the years after the Civil War, the artist’s success as an American expatriate artist at the highest levels of the International art world at the turn of the 20th century; Tanner’s role as a leader of an artist’s colony in the rural France and his unique contributions in aid of American servicemen to the Red Cross efforts in WWI France and his modernist invigoration of religious painting deeply rooted in his own faith. This nationally touring exhibition will include a major catalog.
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit was organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
I remember discussing this painting in Western Art History. I was moved by the gestures, the paint strokes, and the lighting.
"The Thankful Poor"
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