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Scene of Algiers

  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, Scene of Algiers, n.d., oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David Silverman, 1983.95.210

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Henry Ossawa Tanner went to Algeria in the winter of 1908, where he encountered many of these scenes. The French government subsidized artists who traveled to its colonies, and this incentive may have encouraged Tanner to visit Algeria. (Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1991) In this painting the loose brushwork and patches of color suggest trees, hills, and a faintly discernible human figure.

Title
Scene of Algiers
Artist
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Date
n.d.
Location
  1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  2. Luce Foundation Center
  3. 3rd Floor
  4. 10B
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (21.0 x 27.0 cm.)
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of David Silverman

Mediums
oil
Mediums Description
oil on paperboard
Classifications
Painting
Keywords
  • Landscape – tree
Object Number
1983.95.210
Palette
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