Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Fisherman's Return, n.d., oil on canvas, 25 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄4 in. (64.8 x 49.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Nicholas Zervas, 1983.95.212
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Artwork Details
- Title
- The Fisherman’s Return
- Artist
- Date
- n.d.
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 25 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄4 in. (64.8 x 49.0 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Nicholas Zervas
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Occupation — industry — fishing
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — cottage
- Landscape — time — night
- Figure group
- Object — other — lantern
- Object Number
- 1983.95.212
Artwork Description
The Fisherman's Return is one of two studies that Henry Ossawa Tanner created for a work titled Night, in which a fisherman and his son return home by lantern light. Beginning in the summer of 1900, the artist spent his vacations at Etaples, off the northern coast of France. Tanner may have painted this work as an homage to his father, a minister whom he greatly admired and who had praised him for dedicating his talents to religious images.
