Edward Mitchell Bannister

Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901)

Born in New Brunswick, Canada, Bannister moved to Boston in 1848 and studied at the Lowell Institute under William Rimmer. In 1870, he relocated to Providence and became co-founder of the Providence Art Club. His landscapes, seascapes, and genre scenes were widely exhibited and acclaimed, garnering a bronze medal at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. Inspired by Barbizon painting and the works of Constable, Bannister’s picturesque landscapes employ broken brushwork executed in a tonalist palette.

Important Source Material:

Edward M. Bannister 1828-1901: A Centennial Retrospective. New York: Kenkelba House, 2001.

Jaunita Marie Holland, “Co-workers in the Kingdom of Culture”: Edward Mitchell Bannister and the Boston community of African-American artists, 1848-1901 (PhD diss., Columbia University, 1998).

Edward Mitchell Bannister: American landscape artist. Durham, NC: North Carolina Central University, 1997.

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