Glimpses

• "Portrait of the Artist's Mother," Henry Ossawa Tanner (1897).

Glimpses

• "The Annunciation," Henry Ossawa Tanner (1898).  we do not think the power of this painting can be understated.  

Glimpses

The conjunction of spiritual and blues from the turn of the century.

• Christ and His Disciples on the Sea of Galilee, Henry Ossawa Tanner (ca. 1910).

Found Object

• Henry Ossawa Tanner, Interior of Mosque, Cairo, 1888. Another thing of beauty from the grandmaster, who cuts faster.

What We're Hearing

Like too many things we're just now coming to studying Scott Joplin, which if the beauty is any indication, is way too late. The world is a big and beautiful place, and we're always coming in later than we want.

We'll be putting him on a shelf near Edmonia Lewis, Claude McKay and Henry Ossawa Tanner, others we should have already been studying.