Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Mosby, Dewey F., 1942-2012, author.

Title:

Henry Ossawa Tanner / introductory essay and catalogue chapters by Dewey F. Mosby ; catalogue entries by Dewey F. Mosby and Darrel Sewell ; biographical essay by Rae Alexander-Minter.

Edition:

1st trade ed.

Publisher, Date:

Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New York, NY : Rizzoli International Publications, 1991.

Description:

307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Summary:

This book takes a new look at the life and artistic career of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), the renowned African-American artist who spent most of his life in France after declaring in 1891 that he could 'not fight prejudice and paint at the same time.' Tanner is best known for his biblical allegories and genre scenes in which he confronted the plight of underprivileged people.

Subjects:

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937 -- Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Other Author:

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937, artist.

Sewell, Darrel, 1939- writer of added text.

Alexander-Minter, Rae, 1937- writer of added text.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, issuing body, host institution.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 20-April 14, 1991, Detroit Institute of Arts, May 12-August 4, 1991, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 17-November 24, 1991, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, December 14, 1991-March 1, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.

Contents:

Reflections on race, public reception, and critical response in Tanner's career / Dewey F. Mosby -- The Tanner family: a grandniece's chronicle / Rae Alexander-Minter -- Chronology / Kathleen James, Sylvia Yount -- Catalogue / Dewey F. Mosby, Darrel Sewell.

LCCN:

90024849

ISBN:

0847813460

9780847813469

0876330863

9780876330869

0847813460

0876330863

Other Number:

22812177

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

719278

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

759.13 Tanner