Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African American painter born in 1859 who produced religious works such as "The Resurrection of Lazarus" in 1896 as well as portraits including one of his mother in 1897. He was mentored by Thomas Eakins and painted in styles influenced by Rembrandt, Whistler, and Albert Ryder while focusing on biblical and religious subjects throughout his career from 1893 to his death in 1937.

1. Henry Ossawa Tanner

2. Henry Ossawa Tanner
1859-1937

3. "The Banjo Lesson,"
1893

4. "The Thankful Poor," 1894

5. "The Agnew Clinic," Thomas Eakins, 1889

6. Portrait of Tanner,
by Tanner's Mentor, Eakins

7. Portrait of Tanner's Mother, by Tanner, 1897

8. Tanner's Mother, "Whistler's Mother,"
by Tanner by James Whistler

9. "The Young Sabot Maker," 1895

10. Norman Rockwell

11. "The Resurrection of Lazarus," 1896

12. Rembrandt, "Raising of Lazarus," 1630

13. "Annunciation" (1898)

14. "The Miraculous Haul of Fishes," 1913-14

15. Albert Ryder, "The Flying Dutchman," 1881

16. The End