Henry Ossawa Tanner papers

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Henry Ossawa Tanner papers

1860s-1978 (bulk 1890-1937)

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The papers of the expatriate African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner measure 2.3 linear feet and date from the 1860s to 1978, with the bulk of the material dating from 1890 to 1937. Found in the papers are scattered biographical, family, and legal materials; twenty-seven folders of correspondence with family, friends, patrons, and galleries; writings and notes by Tanner and others; a small amount of printed material; numerous photographs of Tanner, his studio in Paris and home in Trepied, Normandy, his family, friends, fellow artists, and his artwork. Additional photographs include a circa 1890 shot of Tanner with fellow students at the Académie Julian and another depicting Tanner with members of the American Art Club in Paris, circa 1900. Also found are a few sketches and drawings.

2.3 Linear feet

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Archives of American Art

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630746

Archives of American Art

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Jones, Peter (Peter S.)

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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

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Académie Julian.

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Curtis, Atherton.

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Carpenter, J. Scott

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Taverty, J. J.

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Académie Julian

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Curtis, Atherton

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Taverty, J. J.

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Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937

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African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Benjamin Tucker Tanner, a college-educated teacher and minister, and Sarah Miller Tanner, a former slave. Benjamin Tanner was very active in the African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church, eventually becoming a bishop, and the family often moved while Henry was a small child. They settled in Philadelphia, and as a teenager, Tanner spent his free time painting, drawing, and...

Grand Central Art Galleries

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Art gallery at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Frank C. Kirk exhibition catalog, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557706 Art gallery. Founded in 1923, New York, N.Y. Grand Central Moderns, curated by Colette Roberts, was the modern art division; both under management of Erwin S. Barrie. From the description of Grand Central Art Galleries records, 1923-[ca. 1966]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594322 ...

Tanner, Jessie O., 1873-1925.

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Carpenter, J. S.

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Tanner, Jesse O., 1903-

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Old American Art Club (Paris, France)

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Art Institute of Chicago.

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