DETAILS
- Artist
- Henry Ossawa Tanner
- Date
- 1885
- Location
- White House
- Culture
- United States
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THE ARTIST
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner was the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim, celebrated for his evocative religious scenes and introspective portraits.
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Cart with Black Ox
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Madame Léon Clapisson
Léon-Victor Dupré · 1883 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Paris Street; Rainy Day
Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Still Life with Crayfish
Mikhail Larionov · 1900 · Museum Ludwig
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Evening Primroses in a Vase
Paul Gauguin · 1885
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Forêt de Compiègne
Berthe Morisot · 1885 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1870s–1900s
Studies of Pierre Renoir; His Mother, Aline Charigot; Nudes; and Landscape
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1885 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The Sick Child
Edvard Munch · 1885 · National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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Cows Drinking at a Pool
William Hart · 1886 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île
Claude Monet · 1886 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1870s–1900s
Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1887 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
