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Henry Ossawa Tanner
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“No, father, you preach from the pulpit and I will preach with my brush.”
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On a story he used to tell about his father wanting him to be a preacher, which Tanner himself referred to as a “pretty story” (as quoted in “Henry Ossawa Tanner: Race, Religion, and Visual Mysticism” (Florida State Uni…
“It is not by accident that I have chosen to be a religious painter…I paint the things I see and believe.”
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his artistic ventures (as quoted in “The Early Religious Paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner: A Study of the Influences of Church, Family, and Era”; 1992)
“I am simply M. Tanner, an American artist. Nobody knows or cares what was the complexion of my forebears. I live and work there in terms of absolute social equality.”
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On settling in Paris, France (as quoted in “Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit” in Title Magazine; 2012)