Henry Ossawa Tanner, Study for Moses and the Burning Bush
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Henry Ossawa Tanner

Study for Moses and the Burning Bush

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-134196

Henry Ossawa Tanner drew inspiration for his art from both the New Testament and his upbringing in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The Old Testament, however, did show up in some works, as in this study for Moses and the Burning Bush. In this painting an angel of God, in the form of a burning bush, calls on Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land. On his second trip…

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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jesse O. Tanner

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