# Mary, in Early modernism

Henry Ossawa Tanner painted this in about 1914, aged 55. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> Henry Ossawa Tanner saw Mary, mother of Jesus, as a symbol of faith and fortitude. He painted many images of her and created this particular work during a difficult and trying time in his life. In 1914, the year his mother died, the outbreak of World War I forced his family to flee France for England.

_Text from the Smithsonian American Art Museum._

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1914
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 45 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. (115.5 x 88.2 cm.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1991.102
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Henry Ossawa Tanner](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/henry-ossawa-tanner), born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937

1 works in the collection.

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