Landscape near Newport, R. I.

Object Details

Artist

Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901

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In 1870, Edward Bannister and his wife moved from Boston to Providence, Rhode Island. The state capital had a rapidly growing immigrant population at that time, and African Americans struggled for job opportunities. Despite these difficult circumstances, Bannister established himself by tapping into the market for pastoral landscape scenes, fashionable among wealthy Providence patrons. Dealer Seth M. Vose popularized these works by importing Barbizon paintings from France to Rhode Island. (Hartigan, Sharing Traditions, 1985)

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ronald E. Deal

ca. 1877-1878

Object number

1983.95.119

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

12 1/8 x 26 in. (30.9 x 65.9 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Landscape\beach

Architecture\boat\sailboat

Landscape\Rhode Island\Newport

Architecture Exterior\domestic\house

Record ID

saam_1983.95.119

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b463f193-2fa9-4732-87e8-662f54a71221