Talk:Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Text of this article was obtained from public domain website. -- Darwinek 15:44, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "first artist of his race to achieve international acclaim."

In her biography, Marcia M Mathews wrote that Tanner was headed for Rome, "the home of art; and Edmonia Lewis, the outstanding Negro sculptress had been trained in Rome," when he decided to stay in Paris.

Lewis had won a gold medal in 1871 in Naples and had many European customers as well as Americans. A copy of her bust of Longfellow recently turned up in the UK. She caused a sensation in 1876 with her DEATH OF CLEOPATRA and was invited to show it two years later at a Chicago expo.

AlbertHenderson 22:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite request

As it stands now, this article is a carbon copy of the White House Biography. While the biography does not appear to be copywrited, it does not seem proper that Wikipedia should simply be a copy-and-paste from another source. Cowman109^Talk 00:36, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh dear, this page appears to have drifted down my watchlist. I'll get to work on the rewrite shortly, I suppose. Cowman109^Talk 15:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)