36 Works, June 21th. is Henry Ossawa Tanner’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #168

Henry Ossawa Tanner, American, (1859–1937)
Mary (La Sainte-Marie), c. 1898
Oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 42 5/8 in. (86.7 x 108.3 cm)
La Salle University Art Museum

Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 — May 25, 1937) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study, and continued to live there after being accepted in French artistic circles. His painting entitled Daniel in the Lions’ Den (See below) was accepted into the 1896 Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris…

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