Henry Ossawa Tanner
Fishermen at Seaabout 1913
oil
46 x 35 1/4 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jesse O. Tanner
The son of a famous African American minister, Tanner brought a deeply spiritual viewpoint and knowledge of the Bible to his paintings. While some works take their inspiration from specific Biblical incidents and characters, others stand as parables of man's struggle in the world, here loosely based on either Jonah's trials at sea or Christ and his disciples on the Sea of Galilee.
