Henry Ossawa Tanner by Hermann Dudley Murphy
Art Institute of Chicago

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Hermann Dudley Murphy · c. 1896

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist, Boston; sold to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1924; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1924.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Paris, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Champ-de-Mars, <em>Peinture, Sculpture, Dessins, Gravure, Architecture, et Objets d’Art</em>, April 25–?, 1896, cat. 954.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href=https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/3498/american-paintings-and-sculpture-9th-annual><em>Ninth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists</em></a>, Oct. 20–Dec. 6, 1896, cat. 251.
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, <em>Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition</em>, Dec. 21, 1896–Feb. 22, 1897, cat. 242.
  • Pittsburgh, Carnegie Art Galleries, Carnegie Institute, <em>Second Annual Exhibition Held at the Carnegie Institute</em>, Nov. 4, 1897–Jan. 1, 1898, cat. 159.
  • New York, Society of American Artists, <em>Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists</em>, Mar. 19–Apr. 23, 1898, cat. 328.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/3571/works-of-hermann-dudley-murphy-and-maurice-b-prendergast"><em>Exhibition of the Works of Hermann Dudley Murphy and the Works of Maurice B. Prendergast</em></a>, Jan. 3–Jan. 28, 1900, cat. 32.
  • Saint Louis, The Art Palace, Universal Exposition, <em>Louisiana Purchase Exposition</em>, Apr. 30–Dec. 1, 1904, no. 454 (awarded Silver Medal).
  • Portland, OR, Department of Fine Arts, <em>The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition</em>, June 1–Oct. 15, 1905, cat. 607.
  • NY, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, <em>Collection of Pictures by Hermann Dudley Murphy</em>, Feb. 7-Mar. 1, 1908, cat. 607.
  • Indianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, <em>A Collection of Paintings by Hermann Dudley Murphy</em>, Apr. 3–May 4, 1908, cat. 21.
  • Cincinnati Museum, <em>Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of American Art</em>, May 23–July 20, 1908, cat. 77.
  • Brooklyn, NY, Pratt Institute, <em>Exhibition of Paintings by Hermann Dudley Murphy</em>, Feb. 13–Mar. 3, 1911, cat. 18.

Literature

Published references

  • “In the Art Studios: A Winter Afternoon,” <em>Chicago Daily Tribune</em>, Sept. 20, 1896, 31.
  • <em>Chicago Evening Post</em>, Oct. 17, 1896.
  • <em>Chicago Daily News</em>, Oct. 25, 1896.
  • <em>Chicago Times-Herald</em>, Oct. 25, 1896.
  • Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Champ-de-Mars, <em>Catalogue Illustré des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture, et Gravure </em>, exh. cat. (Paris: E. Bernard et Cie, 1896), XXIII, cat. 954, as <em>Portrait of M. Janner</em> [misprint].
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Ninth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1896), 36, cat. 251.
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, <em>Catalogue of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition</em>, exh. cat. (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1896), 31, cat. 242.
  • Carnegie Art Galleries, <em>The Second Annual Exhibition Held at the Carnegie Institute</em>, exh. cat. (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Art Galleries, 1897), n.p., cat. 159.
  • Society of American Artists, <em>Catalogue of the Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists</em>, exh. cat. (Society of American Artists, 1898), cat. 328.
  • M. K., "Hermann Dudley Murphy," <em>Brush and Pencil</em> 5, no. 2 (Nov., 1899): 49–57 (ill.), <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25505476">https://www.jstor.org/stable/25505476</a>.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Hermann Dudley Murphy and the Works of Maurice B. Prendergast</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1900), 11, cat. 32.
  • Helen Cole, "Henry O. Tanner, Painter," <em>Brush and Pencil</em> 6, no. 3 (June, 1900): 97 (ill.), <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25505551">https://www.jstor.org/stable/25505551</a>.

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