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EDWARD M. BANNISTER (1828 - 1901) Untitled (Sheep and Farm Buildings).
EDWARD M. BANNISTER (1828 - 1901)
Untitled (Sheep and Farm Buildings).
Oil on canvas, circa 1900. 125x178 mm; 5x7 inches. Initialed in oil, lower left.
Provenance: private collection.
Born and raised in Canada, where the British had abolished slavery, Edward Bannister was able to demonstrate and develop his talent at a young age. Working as a seaman, the young man travelled the Northeastern coast until he found work in the arts hand-coloring daguerreotypes in New York. In the early 1850s, Bannister established himself as a young regionalist painter in Boston, one of its first African-American artists. He studied at the Lowell Institute, and received his first commission in 1855. In 1871, Bannister and his wife moved to Providence, R.I. where he was active as a professional artist, and respected in the artistic community. Bannister helped found the Providence Art Club, which became the model for the Rhode Island School of Design. In his Barbizon-like landscapes, he produced a poetic view of tranquil lands with people and animals in harmony. According to John Nelson Arnold, a fellow artist and friend, Bannister "looked at nature with a poet's feeling. Skies, rocks, fields were all absorbed and distilled through his soul and projected upon the canvas with a virile force and a poetic beauty." His paintings won awards, including the prestigious bronze (first) prize at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and a devoted group of local collectors. Sixteen of his works are now in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Lewis, p. 38.
Untitled (Sheep and Farm Buildings).
Oil on canvas, circa 1900. 125x178 mm; 5x7 inches. Initialed in oil, lower left.
Provenance: private collection.
Born and raised in Canada, where the British had abolished slavery, Edward Bannister was able to demonstrate and develop his talent at a young age. Working as a seaman, the young man travelled the Northeastern coast until he found work in the arts hand-coloring daguerreotypes in New York. In the early 1850s, Bannister established himself as a young regionalist painter in Boston, one of its first African-American artists. He studied at the Lowell Institute, and received his first commission in 1855. In 1871, Bannister and his wife moved to Providence, R.I. where he was active as a professional artist, and respected in the artistic community. Bannister helped found the Providence Art Club, which became the model for the Rhode Island School of Design. In his Barbizon-like landscapes, he produced a poetic view of tranquil lands with people and animals in harmony. According to John Nelson Arnold, a fellow artist and friend, Bannister "looked at nature with a poet's feeling. Skies, rocks, fields were all absorbed and distilled through his soul and projected upon the canvas with a virile force and a poetic beauty." His paintings won awards, including the prestigious bronze (first) prize at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and a devoted group of local collectors. Sixteen of his works are now in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Lewis, p. 38.
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