That’s Miss Tina, my art-travel buddy Kristin said as we arrived for the Swann Auction Galleries twice-yearly sale of African American art. Kristin is always on the lookout for celebrities at these events, and we’ve…
Tag: Henry Ossawa Tanner
Art, clock & desk from Lewis Tanner Moore
Posted in Art, Black history, and furniture
The name Lewis Tanner Moore kept popping up on the auction sheet in descriptions of several pieces of artwork. I recognized the names of the artists, including Allan Freelon and Paul Keene, both acclaimed Philadelphia…
My friend Valorie pulled me aside as I stood listening to a curator expounding on artist Henry Ossawa Tanner’s painting “The Annunciation,” its brilliant light and shadows illuminating not only the painting itself but its message.…