Tag Archives: Henry Ossawa Tanner

July 13

“I am with you always”

[Jesus said,] “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”—Matthew 28:20 It seems to me people go around with their pockets ringing, vibrating, and singing. The pocket, of course, is where almost everyone keeps their cell phone. And there doesn’t seem to be a moment when someone isn’t checking […]

December 02

“How Can This Be?”

Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African-American artist who fled the racial restrictions of America in the late 1800s and moved to Paris. There he enjoyed much success and by 1900, he was among the leading American artists. Many considered him the premier biblical painter of his day. Tanner’s depiction of the moment when the angel […]