Etaples Fisher Folk
Henry Ossawa Tanner
American, 1859–1937
Details
Title
Etaples Fisher Folk
Artist/Maker
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859–1937)
Date
1923
Medium
Tempera and oil on canvas
Dimensions
47 5/16 x 38 5/16 inches
Credit
J. J. Haverty Collection
Accession #
36.16
On View
Currently not on view
Among the first African American artists to receive formal training and earn success, Henry Ossawa Tanner wished to settle in a strong African American community. He lived briefly in Atlanta but moved to France in 1900 in search of relief from the racism he had experienced in the United States. Tanner painted this scene, which has Dutch and old master overtones, in the small fishing village where he settled to enjoy a quiet life of art and travel.
