Edward Mitchell Bannister
Edward Mitchell Bannister
American painter, 1828–1901
BiographyEdward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901) was born in New Brunswick, Canada but settled in Boston and quickly became the first African-American artist to be recognized as an American regionalist painter. He was also active in the abolitionist movement. In 1876 he came to national attention when his painting Under the Oaks was awarded a first-prize medal at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Bannister served on the first board of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He moved to Providence, Rhode Island where he was one of the three founders of the Providence Arts Club in 1880. Primarily he is known as a landscape artist, although his style ranged from naturalistic to expressionistic.
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- African American
English artist, 1885–1954, active in America
American illustrator and artist, 1880–1964
American painter and draftsman, 1910–1972
American photographer, 1903–1991
American painter and etcher, 1879–1961
American illustrator, 1904–1996
American painter, 1834–1914
American conceptual artist, born 1968
American painter and lithographer, 1784–1861
American artist and activist, born 1970
French painter and printmaker, 1875–1963