Henry O. Tanner letters to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Henry O. Tanner letters to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

1885-1909

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw917975b6e-cdba-47ff-96fe-0f967167c9ec

This microfilm collection consists of the Henry O. Tanner letters to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence in this collection concerns the purchase of a painting by African American artist Henry O. Tanner for the Academy collection and the exhibition of Tanner's work. Letters from Robert Ogden to the Academy were written on Tanner's behalf.

Archives of American Art

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8224361

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f2fs9 (corporateBody)

Art school; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibition catalog, 1921 and 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553237 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is an art academy and museum, founded in 1805 in Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibitions and classes began in 1811. Notable academy instructors and students have included Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, William Merritt Chase, Violet Oakley, Henry O. Tanner, Rembra...

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd13g7 (person)

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...