Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Born: June 21, 1859
Died: May 25, 1937 (aged 77)
Bio: Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris in 1891 to study, where he continued to live after being accepted in French artistic circles.
Known for:
- The Banjo Lesson (1893)
- The Thankful Poor (1894)
- The Two Disciples at the Tomb (1906)
- Annunciation to the shepherds