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"No, father, you preach from the pulpit and I will preach with my brush."

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

January 1, 1970

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Painters from the United States African Americans Artists from Pittsburgh

Original Language: English

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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 University Libraries, 2003)

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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 University Libraries, 2003)