Henry Ossawa Tanner Quote

My effort has been to not only put the biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time, to give the human touch which makes the whole world kin, and which ever remains the same.


Artist's statement quoted in the New York Times (January 27, 1924)


My effort has been to not only put the biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time, to give the human touch which makes the whole ...

My effort has been to not only put the biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time, to give the human touch which makes the whole ...

My effort has been to not only put the biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time, to give the human touch which makes the whole ...

My effort has been to not only put the biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time, to give the human touch which makes the whole ...