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Henry Ossawa Tanner

The Wailing Wall, ca. 1898

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859-1937, American

Title

The Wailing Wall

Year

ca. 1898

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

64.8 x 48.9 x 6.4 cm (25 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

84.234

Projects & Publications

Publications

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Modern Spirit

Bulletin of Rhode Island School of Design, Museum Notes

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

The son of an African Methodist Episcopal bishop, Tanner studied with Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia before acquiring advanced training in Paris. He established an international reputation in 1897 when one of his biblical scenes was awarded a medal at the 1897 Paris Salon and was purchased by the French government. Later that year, Tanner traveled to Palestine to assure the accuracy of his historical narratives through firsthand observation of landscape, costume, and customs. In this study for a larger composition, devout Jews gather at the Western Wall, a remnant of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and the holiest place of prayer in the Jewish world.

An American Idyll

April 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008

One Voice, Many Visions

February 20 - June 14, 1998

African-American Art from the Permanent Collection

November 18, 1994 - February 19, 1995

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Charles Pendleton House

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