Scene of Algiers
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David Silverman
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- n.d.
- Object number
- 1983.95.210
- Artist
- Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (21.0 x 27.0 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 10B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Topic
- Landscape\tree
- Landscape\Algeria
- Record ID
- saam_1983.95.210
