Henry Ossawa Tanner - Art, Faith, Race, and Legacy

This book examines the life and work of artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. He was one of the most celebrated American artists of his era, yet, largely because of his race, he quickly vanished from recorded accounts of the period in which he worked. This book helps restore his legacy.

List of contents

Prologue: Henry Ossawa Tanner, "Negro Painter"
Introduction: Creativity and Racism in the Nineteenth Century
1. Of the Father and of the Son: the Rise of Benjamin and Henry Tanner
2. Into the South and Across the Sea: Atlanta and Paris Beckon
3. The American Interlude: Race and Religion on Canvas
4. Crossing Over Jordan: Salon Triumph and Spiritual Crisis
5. A Salon Master in a Modern Century
6. The Great War, the New Negro, and the Celestial City
Epilogue: The Redemption of Memory

About the author

Naurice Frank Woods, Jr. is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the former program head and has published recently in Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, American Art, and the Journal of Black Masculinity.

Summary

This book examines the life and work of artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. He was one of the most celebrated American artists of his era, yet, largely because of his race, he quickly vanished from recorded accounts of the period in which he worked. This book helps restore his legacy.

Product details

• Authors: Jr. Woods, Naurice Frank Woods, Naurice Frank Woods Jr, Naurice Frank (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Woods Jr, Naurice Frank Woods Jr.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138241947
• ISBN: 978-1-138-24194-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Race; Routledge Research in Art and Race; Routledge Research in Art and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / American / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, United States of America, USA, Individual artists, art monographs