Jeff has pushed that legacy further than any other artist in terms of the standards and
level of detail with which he produces his work, and there
's an essay in the exhibition catalogue by [Artforum editor] Michelle Kuo that argues that he
is producing objects
at a
level that
's higher even than science or industry today, with elements of his
sculptures that
are more exacting and complicated than equipment made by the aerospace industry.
Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, this exhibition
is the second stop on a three city tour.More than one hundred pieces, from paintings to
sculptures are included in this exhibition of the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859 - 1937)- including Tanner's upbringing in Philadelphia in the years after the Civil War, the artist's success as an American expatriate artist
at the
highest levels of the International art world
at the turn of the 20th century; Tanner's role as a leader of an artist's colony in the rural France and his unique contributions in aid of American servicemen to the Red Cross efforts in WWI France and his modernist invigoration of religious painting deeply rooted in his own faith.