This painting’s composition resembles an illustration its artist made for Ruth McEnery Stuart’s story “Uncle Tim’s Compromise on Christmas.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 1893 painting that may have been inspired by a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains. This genre painting depicts a seated elderly man and a child holding the title instrument.
ANSWER: The Banjo Lesson (by Henry Ossawa Tanner)
[10e] Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson was created for the Paris Salon, as was his 1898 depiction of this Biblical scene in which Mary gazes at a light beam representing Gabriel.
ANSWER: the Annunciation
[10m] Tanner’s depiction of the Annunciation is now held in this city’s namesake Museum of Art. Tanner’s teacher painted an anatomy lesson held by Samuel D. Gross in this city.
ANSWER: Philadelphia [or Philly; accept Philadelphia Museum of Art] (Tanner’s teacher was Thomas Eakins.)
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