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Henry Ossawa Tanner : modern spirit /

This beautiful book, companion publication to the exhibition of the same name, presents a complex overview of the life and career of the pioneering African American artist Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937). Recognized as the patriarch of African American artists, Tanner forged a path to international succ...

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Marley, Anna O., (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] : Berkeley, California : Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ; University of California Press, [2012]
Series:George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies
Subjects and Genres:
Tanner, Henry Ossawa, > 1859-1937 > Exhibitions.
Tanner, Henry Ossawa, > 1859-1937 > Criticism and interpretation.
Tanner, Henry Ossawa.
Tanner, Henry Ossawa > Criticism and interpretation.
Tanner, Henry Ossawa, > 1859-1937
African American artists > Biography.
Artistes noirs américains > Biographies.
African American artists.
Schilderijen.
Verenigde Staten.
Biography
exhibition catalogs.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner: modern spirit /
  • Anna O. Marley
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner in the context of Black artists.
  • Before Tanner /
  • Olivier Meslay ;
  • Tanner and transcendence /
  • Richard J. Powell
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner and the expatriate experience.
  • The Resurrection of Lazarus : from the Quartier Latin to the Musée du Luxembourg /
  • Marc Simpson ;
  • Pioneer and sage : Henry Ossawa Tanner and the interwar African American community in Paris /
  • Tyler Stovall ;
  • Tanner, the pillar of Trépied /
  • Jean-Claude Lesage ;
  • Tanner and "Oriental" Africa /
  • Adrienne L. Childs
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner and religious painting.
  • A New Testament : Henry Ossawa Tanner, religious discourse, and the "lessons" of art /
  • Marcus Bruce ;
  • "I invited the Christ spirit to manifest in me" : Tanner and symbolism /
  • Robert Cozzolino ;
  • "The dynamo and the virgin" : Henry Ossawa Tanner's religious nocturnes /
  • Hélène Valance ;
  • Christian cosmopolitanism : Henry Ossawa Tanner and the beginning of the end of race /
  • Alan C. Braddock
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner's style and techniques.
  • Reproduction troubles : Tanner's "Mothers of the Bible" for the Ladies' Home Journal /
  • Michael Leja ;
  • Pursuit of the ideal effect : the materials and techniques of Henry Ossawa Tanner /
  • Brian Baade, Amber Kerr-Allison, and Jennifer Giaccai
  • Plates
  • Chronology.

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