Edward Mitchell Bannister
Black Canadian-American visual artist (1828-1901) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 72
Edward Mitchell Bannister was a Canadian-American oil painter of the American Barbizon school. Born in colonial New Brunswick, he spent his adult life in New England in the United States.
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Masthead of The Liberator, 1861
Portrait of Christiana Carteaux Bannister, Edward Mitchell Bannister, c. 1860
The Twelfth Baptist Church, where Bannister and Carteaux were members![Painting completed around the time of Under the Oaks and thought to resemble its composition.[12]: 36 Oak Trees, oil on canvas, 1876](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Oak_Trees_SAAM-1983.95.155_1.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-Oak_Trees_SAAM-1983.95.155_1.tif.jpg)
Painting completed around the time of Under the Oaks and thought to resemble its composition.[12]: 36 Oak Trees, oil on canvas, 1876![Facade of the Seril Dodge House at right, where the Providence Art Club was first permanently located in 1886[23]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/2021_Seril_Dodge_House%2C_Providence_Art_Club%2C_11_Thomas_Street.jpg/1280px-2021_Seril_Dodge_House%2C_Providence_Art_Club%2C_11_Thomas_Street.jpg)
Facade of the Seril Dodge House at right, where the Providence Art Club was first permanently located in 1886[23]![Art historians have suggested that the figure at left might be a Bannister self-portrait.[12]: 53 People Near Boat, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1893, oil on canvas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Edward_Mitchell_Bannister_-_People_Near_Boat_-_1983.95.121_-_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum.jpg/1280px-Edward_Mitchell_Bannister_-_People_Near_Boat_-_1983.95.121_-_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum.jpg)
Art historians have suggested that the figure at left might be a Bannister self-portrait.[12]: 53 People Near Boat, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1893, oil on canvas
Approaching Storm, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1886, oil on canvas, 102.2 cm x 152.4 cmAbout this person
There, along with his wife Christiana Carteaux, he was a prominent member of African-American cultural and political communities, such as the Boston abolition movement. Bannister received national recognition after he won a first prize in painting at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. He was also a founding member of the Providence Art Club and the Rhode Island School of Design.
