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"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

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 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)

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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)