Triple Treat: Visio Divina, Henry Ossawa Tanner, RIY Meditation. As he has been doing for several days, Fr. Mark-Mary selects and art piece, describes it, and uses it to meditate on the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary.
In Day 159, Fr. Mark-Mary selected a piece from Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first first African-American painter to gain international acclaim.
Father describes the painting a 'heartbreaking in a good way' - depicting the Littleness Before the Lord, "...beautifuly depicts humanity of Mary: little, young, humble, vulnerable, innocent, beautiful, troubled, humility, holy simplicity, trusting...."
Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937,) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim.
Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. In 1923, the French government elected Tanner chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
His father Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835–1923) became a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), educated at Avery College and Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, developed a literary career. He was a political activist, supporting abolition of slavery. Tanner was the first of five children. One of his sisters, Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, was the first woman to be certified to practice medicine in Alabama.
His parents gave him a middle name that commemorated the struggle at Osawatomie between pro- and anti-slavery partisans. When Tanner was about 13 years old, he saw a landscape painter working in Fairmount Park, where he was walking with his father. He decided that he wanted to be a painter
Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937,) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim.
Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. In 1923, the French government elected Tanner chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
His father Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835–1923) became a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), educated at Avery College and Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, developed a literary career. He was a political activist, supporting abolition of slavery. Tanner was the first of five children. One of his sisters, Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, was the first woman to be certified to practice medicine in Alabama.
His parents gave him a middle name that commemorated the struggle at Osawatomie between pro- and anti-slavery partisans. When Tanner was about 13 years old, he saw a landscape painter working in Fairmount Park, where he was walking with his father. He decided that he wanted to be a painter
The rest is history.
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