Henry Ossawa Tanner : his boyhood dream comes true written and illustrated by Faith Ringgold

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ringgold, Faith.

Contributor:

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937.

Tanner, Henry Ossawa.

Artists--Biography.

Artists.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

African American painters--Biography--Juvenile literature.

African American painters.

Painters--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Painters.

Painters--France--Biography--Juvenile literature.

African Americans in art--Juvenile literature.

African Americans in art.

Physical Description:

31 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 19 x 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pierpont, N.H., USA : Bunker Hill Publishing in association with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, c2011.

Summary:

A biography of Henry Ossawa Tanner, an African American painter who was schooled in Philadelphia in one of the few secondary schools for Blacks. He then studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Tanner later moved to France as he had heard that Black artists were accepted there with less prejudice. His paintings were annually shown in the Paris Salon and in 1923 he was made a chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor, France's highest award for an artist.

Notes:

"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Henry Ossawa Tanner : Modern Spirit, organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and presented January 27-April 15, 2012. The exhibition is also appearing at the Cincinnati Art Museum (May 26-September 9, 2012), and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (October 2012-January 6, 2013)"--P. [32].

ISBN:

9781593730925 (hbk.) :

1593730926 (hbk.) :

OCLC:

712118519