The Good Shepherd by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner became one of America's most famous Black artists by depicting dream-like Bible scenes like this one. Click here to see it on the Gallery's site. Clicking the image on their page will open a viewer that allows you to zoom in and pan around. In today's episode we'll find out how he went from working in a flour mill to a successful artistic career in Paris and what he has in common with another artist, Richard Norris Brooke. And we discover a mystery about one of his early works! SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT) "A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode theme is "Virtutes Instrumenti" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4590-virtutes-instrumenti License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.195513.html https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/american-art-to-wwii/symbolism-america/a/tanner-angels-appearing-before-the-shepherds https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/henry-ossawa-tanner-and-his-influence-in-america/ Tanner Bio https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1919.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossawa_Tanner#cite_ref-eoaah_6-0 https://americanart.si.edu/artist/henry-ossawa-tanner-4742 Tanner painting technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWxErF_nzd4 The post The Good Shepherd by Henry Ossawa Tanner appeared first on A Long Look.

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