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Henry Ossawa Tanner: A man who redefined the presence of Black artists in art history.
Throughout the history of art, Black artists have been subject to a persistent trend of misrepresentation or marginalisation, if not outright erasure. The work of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) marked a significant shift including The Banjo Lesson (1893).