Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Canyon
Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937 · n.d.
This barren landscape suggests a scene that Henry Ossawa Tanner probably saw while in the Middle East in 1897 or 1898. The clear blue sky that appears through the opening of the deep canyon evokes a hot, sunny day in the desert region. Tanner applied thick paint and left his brushstrokes visible in order to convey the canyon’s rough terrain.
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