Lions in the Desert
ca. 1897-1900
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on plywood
- Dimensions
- 39.5 × 74.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-139010
Henry Ossawa Tanner grew up in a religious home and his family took special pride in the history of the biblical Hamatic races of African origin (Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1991). It is possible that he regarded the lion as a symbol of his African heritage. Tanner learned to draw lions from trips to the zoo in Philadelphia, where he grew up and attended art school. While in Paris in 1891, he ske…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
Registry history
- ca. 1897-1900 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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