Henry Ossawa Tanner
(1859-1937)
American artist
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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 was accepted into the 1896 Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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21 June 1859 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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25 May 1937 (aged 77) Paris, France
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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