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Today Column ner isthefirstworkbyHenry Tannertoenterapubliccollec- tioninBaltimoreinrecent years.MorganStateUniversity andanallegoricalgenrepiece. portant19th-centuryAmerican lectioninoveraquarterofa the mostsig- nificantworkbyanAfrican- Americanartistinourcollec- tionoftheseriousnessthatthe museumanditstrusteeshave towardbuildingasignificant collectionbyAfrican-American sideredaleadingreligious painterinAmericaattheturnof firstAfrican-Americanstowin internationalsuccess.Hestud- iedpaintingunderThomasEa- kinsatthePennsylvaniaAcad- makinghiscareerinFrance. Whenhepaintedthisportraitof alongwithJohnSingerSargent andJamesAbbottMcNeillWhis- Frenchgovernment. ropebecauseifhehadstayedin leadingscholaronAfrican- achancetoestablishhimself andwinprizesanddevelophis ownuniquestyle. thefewportraitsTannerever didandisalsoaportraitofa manwhohelpedshapewhatthe BishopTanner isparticularly significanttoBaltimoreansbe- causetheministerwaspastorof odistEpiscopalChurchin1866.

Whilehewaslivinginthearea, Tanneralsofashionedoneofhis mostimportantworks, An ApologyforAfricanMethod- ism betweentheblackandwhite Methodistchurches. BMAhasacquired29worksby continuingefforttoincreaseits collectionofAfrican-American art.Earlierthisyear,the helpthemuseumsecureama- jor19th-centurywork. Findingthework WorkingwithaPhiladelphia Tannerpieceinthecollectionof der-Minterisvicepresidentfor governmentalandpublicaffairs attheMetropolitanCollegeof NewYork.Sheinheritedthe T.M.Alexander,whoheldthe lectionofTannerart. partwiththebishopbecausemy andmysisteristhattheTanner paintingshaveaccesstoawider audiencethantheywouldhave Mintersaid. placedTannerpaintingsinsuch publiccollectionsasthePhila- delphiaMuseumofArtandthe WhiteHouse.Althoughthepor- traitofthebishophadbeenin sonswiththoseofhisteacher, ThomasEakins.LikeEakins, Tanneroftendepictedafigure comingoutofdarknessasit doesin BishopTanner canartatthePhiladelphiaMu- Fewportraits Bishop amuchdifferentsideofTanner thanhisbigsalonpaintingsand thispaintingisatreasurefor givesyoubackgroundonthe shelovestheintimatefeelofthe Tannerportrait.Aninscription touchesmakeitsomuchmore canmanpaintedatatimewhen blacksweredepictedasmin- strelsandcertainlylessthan thosedepictionsandbringing withthisascensionthosewho thatalthoughtheBMAwill eventuallyowntheportraitfully, theBrownsandtheirdaughters canretainpartialownership throughouttheirlifetimes.The paintingwillbedisplayedatthe rentplanscallforittobeexhib- itedattheBMAforatleast threemonthseveryyear.

Thissortofarrangementis becomingincreasinglycommon say. slowlyrelinquishapiecethat museums.Thisway,adonorcan retainownershipandsome- timesrotatethepiecetotheir BecauseoftheTannerpaint- theMarylandHistoricalSociety, King-Hammondalsoper- African-Americanmalebyan- other. andimagesofblackmalesthat sheerintellectualgeniusofthese menwhosurvivedtheravagesof discriminationin19th-andearly- GiftfillsgapinBMAcollection Endofrun forArena pledgedthatitsanchorswill makeappearancesatpublic eventstoraisemoneyforit.Ad- GoodMorningMaryland and thepublicaffairsshow 2The Point onWMARhavebeende- votedtothetheater. thequestionablecallofpromis- ingnewscoveragetoacivic ing.Thecancellationofthe blackplaywrightcompetition confirmsthepatternofthe erodinglocalflavorofallcom- borofloveformyselfandthe timesthatwecouldpretendwe weredoingsomethingmeaning- Localnewsandevenlocal sportstranslatetolocalinterest, whichmeansadvertiserscan generatesrevenues.Publicaf- desirablelate-nightorearly- morningslots.Cultureisan eventoughersell. Pastaspiringplaywrights whoseworkshavebeenhonored includedaformerofficialofra- convictedfelonwhodiedafter winninghisthirdawardinthe competition.H.B.JohnsonJr.

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