Haystacks

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Haystacks, ca. 1930, oil on canvas, 26 ¹⁄₄ x 21 in. (66.7 x 53.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Irwin M. Sparr, 1983.95.214

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Artwork Details

Title: Haystacks
Artist: Henry Ossawa Tanner
Date: ca. 1930
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 26 ¹⁄₄ x 21 in. (66.7 x 53.3 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin M. Sparr
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on canvas
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Landscape — farm
Architecture — vehicle — cart
Object Number: 1983.95.214
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.95.214

Artwork Description

The thick, unblended strokes of blues and purples in this image characterize Henry Ossawa Tanner’s later work. He made his reputation from his religious paintings while living in Paris from 1891 until his death in 1937. But like the French painters he admired, Tanner made a point of painting out in the countryside as well.