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    X-Rays And Infrared Reveal The Story Of The 1st Internationally Known Black Painter

    Born in Pittsburgh in 1859, Henry Ossawa Tanner moved to Paris, where he found "nobody knows or cares what was the complexion of my forebears." Recent conservation work explores his artistic process.
    by Susan Stamberg Sep 07, 2021 2 minutes
    Henry Ossawa Tanner,<em> The Thankful Poor,</em> 1894, oil on canvas, Art Bridges

    I just met Henry Ossawa Tanner. Nice trick, since he died in 1937. Tanner was the first African American artist with an international reputation. His paintings are in many museums, but I've walked past them countless times. Now, preparing for this column, I got to know a bit about his life and times (as well as new revelations about his artistic thinking) and thought I'd make

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