Inspired by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an African-American artist. He was the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. He began his career as a painter of scenes of plantation life. In 1891, discouraged by the racial prejudice in the United States, he moved to Paris, where he spent the rest of his life. In Paris, he painted many large scenes of Biblical subjects. These won him wide acclaim in Europe, but little recognition in the United States in his lifetime.