Quote of the day
Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.
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