Artistic Evolution
Arranged chronologically
First and foremost, this page is not a catalogue raisonné. That prodigious task is best left to art historian and Bannister scholar Anne Louise Avery. This is a collection of works by Bannister that primarily appear in this Annotated Bibliography on Edward and Christiana. No attempt has been made to list the provenance of the works listed. At the suggestion of Nick Bruno, Bannister collector, the titles have been arranged chronologically. I am especially grateful to Art historian and Providence Art Club Archivist Nancy Whipple Grinnell for her incredible generosity in sharing her wealth of knowledge about Edward and Christiana Bannister and for her invaluable assistance in assembling this selection of works by Edward Bannister.
Dr. John V. DeGrasse
c. 1854, oil on canvas, 23 x 19
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. in 2001.
The Ship Outward Bound,
1854, oil on canvas
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In 1854, Edward received his first commission by Dr. John V. DeGrasse, “The Ship Outward Bound”. In an article in the Liberator that same year titled “Colored Genius,” William Cooper Nell described a visit to Dr. DeGrasse’s study where he saw the painting. He describes The Ship Outward Bound as having a fidelity in design, coloring and shade.
Untitled (Rhode Island Seascape)
c. 1856 Oil on canvas, 7 ¼ x 13 ½ in.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, in 1992. Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001.
Dorchester
1856, oil on canvas, 14 1⁄8 x 20 1⁄8 in.
Prudence Nelson Bell
1864 Oil on canvas, 25 x 21
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992, from the Collection of Mrs. Charles W. Johnson, Jr.
Untitled (Man with Two Oxen)
1869 Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 ¼,
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.; Gift of Dr. Peter A. Pizzarello.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Untitled (Moon over Harbor)
c. 1868, Oil on fiberboard, 9 5/8 x 15 ¼, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank.
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1985. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Herdsman with Cows
1869, Oil on canvas, 31 ¼ x 51 ½, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Harry-Leven.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
St. Luke
ca. 1869-1873, oil on canvas, 24 1⁄4 x 18 1⁄8 in. (61.5 x 46.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alan M. Gilstein and William J. Piccerelli.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Governor Sprague's White Horse
1869 Oil on canvas, 23 x 30, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence
Mentioned in the August 16, 1903 Providence Journal on page 8 and describes the painting as a "spirited one, portraying the horse as he is being shod. Also lists the first owner as Manton Hoard and then C.H. Perkins after Hoard's death. Exhibited at 4 from Providence: Bannister, Prophet, Alston, Jennings: Black artists in the Rhode Island social landscape, Rhode Island College, Providence in 1978. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992. Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her;” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister, Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, in 2018.
The Newspaper Boy
1869, oil on canvas, 30 ⅛ x 25 ⅛, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jack Hafif and Frederick Weingeroff
Exhibited at The Studios of Providence, Upper Story, Ward Room, Benefit Street, Providence, RI. October, 1869. Exhibited at the Providence Art Club, Exhibition on November 4 - 18, 1891. Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1985.
At the Oakside Beach
late 1870s Oil on canvas, 8 ½ x 12 ½, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
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Streamside
1870, oil on canvas, 14 x 21
Scene Along the Connecticut River, Westmoreland
c. 1870, Oil on canvas, 20 x 30
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Untitled (Dockyard Scene)
1870, Conté crayon and pastels on beige wove paper, 20.3 x 27.3 cm (7.99 x 10.75 in)
Sunny Landscape
c. 1870 Oil on canvas, 22 x 36
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992
Sunset
c. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 28 1/8, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Elliot and Rhoda Liffland
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992. Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1985
Train
c. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, 6 1/8 x 8 1/4, National Museum of American Art. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Frederick and Joan Slatsky.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992
Untitled (Landscape with a Pond)
c.1876, oil on canvas, 7.75 x 11.75
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Exhibited at Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection. San Francisco: Pomegranate in 1998
Oak Trees
1876, oil on canvas, 86 cm (33.8 in), width: 153 cm (60.2 in), Smithsonian American Art Museum
Landscape Near Newport, Rhode Island
c. 1877-1878, oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 25 7/8, Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of Ronald E. Deal.
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1985
Under the Oaks
Oil on Canvas - Lost
Drawing by E. M. Bannister of “Under the Oaks” from “Massachusetts Artists’ Centennial Album”, compiled by J. R. Osgood & Co., Boston, April 1876.” The painting measured 48 x 78 inches.
Untitled (Trees and Shrubbery)
1877 Oil on canvas, 10 x 13 1/4, Collection of Allan S. Noonan, M.D.; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge. Massachusetts
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Rocks near Newport
ca. 1877-1885, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 1⁄8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis Glaser
Exhibited at Edward Mitchel Bannister: memorial exhibition, Providence Art Club in May 1901, owned by Dennis H. Sheahan
Hillside Pasture
1877, Oil on canvas mounted on board, 20 x 30.
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992
At the Oakside Beach
1877 Oil on canvas, 8 1/2 x 12 1/2, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992
Untitled (Cow Herd in Pastoral Landscape)
1877, oil on linen canvas, 27.99 x 47.99 in
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The Palmer River, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
1877 Oil on fiberboard, 14 15/16 x 10 1/8, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992
Rocks near Newport
ca. 1877-1885, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 1⁄8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis Glaser
Exhibited at Edward Mitchel Bannister: memorial exhibition, Providence Art Club in May 1901, owned by Dennis H. Sheahan.
Fishing Shacks
ca. 1877 - 1885, oil on canvas, (10 ¾ x 13 ¾ in.)
Newport
ca. 1877 - 1882, oil on canvas, 17 x 28 ¾ in.
At the Oakland Beach
1877, oil on canvas, 8 ½ x 12 ½ in., Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates.
Exhibited at 4 from Providence: Bannister, Prophet, Alston, Jennings: Black artists in the Rhode Island social landscape. Providence: Rhode Island College, 1978. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Untitled (Cow Herd in Pastoral Landscape)
1877, oil on linen canvas, 28 x 48 in.
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Landscape
1878 oil, height: 20.3 cm (7.9 in), width: 33 cm (12.9 in)
The Palmer River, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
1877 Oil on fiberboard, 14 15/16 x 10 ⅛ , Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Woman on a Road Near a Stream
late 1870s Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 21 1/2, Collection of Judge Frederick L. Brown; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Untitled (Landscape with Moored Boat)
1879 Oil on canvas, 14 x 20, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Joseph Sinclair.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Landscape
1879, oil on canvas, 51 ½ x 101/2, Barnett Aden Gallery.
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Exhibited at Amistad II: Afro-American Art, The Department of Art, Fisk University in 1975.
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Landscape with Woman Walking on Path
1879, oil on wood panel, 6.25 x 10 inches
Untitled (River Landscape)
1879, Oil on linen canvas, 1879, 12x15 inches. Private collection, Pennsylvania.
Sold by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on December 10, 2020
Untitled (Woodcutter on a Path)
1879 Oil on canvas, 16x22, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Louis Glaser.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Landscape, Clouds
1880s Oil on canvas, 5x8 Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Newport Scene
1880 - 1889, oil on canvas, 13.1 x 19, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Untitled (Bridgewater, NH)
Watercolor on thin wove paper, circa 1880s, 7x10 1/2 inches.
Sold by Swann Auction Galleries on October 29, 20023 from private collection in Florida.
Little Compton, Rhode Island
c.1880, oil on mahogany panel, 17 1/2 x 13 1/2
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Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art in 1994 (San Antonio venue).
Shoreline with Boats, Rhode Island
c. 1880, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Untitled (Landscape with Waterfall)
1880s Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 Private collection
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Kid's Road
1880s Oil on canvas, 5x8, Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992. Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Untitled (Man on Horseback, Woman on Foot Driving Cattle)
1880 Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 22 1/8, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Heading Home from Haymaking
1880, Oil on board, The Collection of Dr. Dianne Whitfield-Locke and Dr. Carnell Locke, Maryland
Sold by Black Art Auction, Saint Louis, MO on May 16, 2020.
Landscape and Boat
c.1880, oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 29 1/4
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Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art in 1994 (San Antonio venue).
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Walking Along a Path
c. 1880 Oil on canvas, 5 3/4 x 9 1/2, Collection of Judge Frederick L Brown.
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Migration at Sunset,
1880, oil on canvas, Chrysler Museum of Art
Woman Standing Near a Pond
1880, oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 22 1/4, Saint Louis Art Museum
Untitled
c. 1880, oil on cardstock board, 6 1/4 x 8 1/4.
Exhibited at African American Fine Art. New York, NY: Swann Galleries on February 6, 2007.
Untitled (Cows Descending Hillside)
1881, oil on burlap, 11 ⅛ x 15 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis Glaser
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Driving Home the Cows
1881, oil on canvas, 32 x 50 in.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchel Bannister: Memorial Exhibition Providence Art Club in May 1901 owned by George H. Ames; exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist on March 23 - April 3, 1966, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Miller Collection. Exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Selections of Nineteenth-Century Afro-American Art. in 1976.
Last Glow
1881, oil on burlap, 28 ¼ x 36 in., The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division; The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundation
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Gathering Clouds
1881, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in.
Exhibited at Christie's, 19th and 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Sculpture in 1989.
The Storm
1881, oil on canvas, 4 x 8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum
At Smith's Place, Narragansett Bay
1881, oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in
Exhibited at the Twenty-third Exhibition of the Boston Art Club, Boston, MA on January 29 - February 9, 1881; acquired by Anson and France Viets, Springfield, MA (c. 1920s); sold on October 19, 2023 by Swann Auction Galleries in New York.
Providence River
1881, oil on canvas, 14 ¼ x 20 ¼ in.
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001. Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her;” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister, Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, in 2018.
Ocean Cliffs
1881, oil on canvas, 10 x 16 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum; Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Fran
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchel Bannister: Memorial Exhibition on May 1901, Collection of Mrs. George H. Corliss.
Untitled (Landscape with woman seated by a stone wall)
1881, oil on linen canvas, 16 x 22 in.
Woodland Interior
c. 1881, oil on canvas, 36 x 24
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Landscape with Cow and Female Figure
c. 1881, watercolor on cream wove paper, 13 ¼ x 19 ¼ in.
Exhibited at Two Centuries of Black American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art on September 30 - November 21, 1976. Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister 1928-1901: A Centennial Retrospective, Roger King Gallery, Newport, RI on October 21 - November 30, 2001, and Kenkeleba House, New York, NY on December 12, 2001 - February 9, 2002.
Fishing
1881, oil on canvas, 30 x 51 in.
Grazing Sheep
1881, oil on canvas, 22 ¼ x 30 ¼ in., Private collection
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Woman Walking Down Path
c. 1882, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joseph Sinclair.
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, Smithsonian American Art Museum, in 1985.
Untitled (Landscape with cows in stream near trees)
1882, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Five Cows in a Pasture
c. 1882-1884, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, Smithsonian American Art Museum, in 1985
Sad Memories
1882, charcoal mounted on paper, 8 7/8 x 6 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of G. William Miller.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist on March 23 -April 3, 1966, Miller Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design.
Landscape with Trees and Pond
1882, oil on board, 12 x 15 ½ in.
Sold by Shannon's, Milford, CT on November 19, 2020
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Oyster Raking, Hudson River
1882, charcoal on paper, 9 x 5 ½ Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Summer Meadow
1883, Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in., Collection of Dr. Gregory Wells and Dr. Sheila Allison-Wells
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
River landscape at sunset
1883, oil on canvas laid on masonite, 27 x 36 in.
Sold by Grogan & Company, Dedham on 30 Sep 2012.
Sunset
1883, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist on March 23 -April 3, 1966; exhibited at American Art in the Barbizon Mood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, on January 23 - April 20, 1975. Exhibited at Selections of Nineteenth-Century Afro-American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1976.
The Evening Track
1883, oil on canvas, 9 x 13 in., Collection of Dr. Gregory Wells and Dr. Sheila Allison-Wells.
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Untitled (Landscape of a marsh and cows through a forest)
1883, pastel and gouache on paper.
Sold by Roland Auctions, Glen Cove, NY on June 03, 2023.
River Scene
1883, oil on canvas, Honolulu Museum of Art.
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Homestead
1883, oil on canvas, 34 x 44 in.
Four Cows in a Meadow
1893, oil on canvas, 12 x 19 in., RI Black Heritage Society in trust of Bannister house, to Museum of Art , Rhode Island School of Design.
Exhibited at York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992. Exhibited at Barbizon to Impressionism, Rhode Island Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, October 27, 2007-January 27, 2008.
Untitled
oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.
Untitled, A dog leading cattle down a path
oil on canvas, 21 ¼ x 33 in.
Sold by Eldred's, East Dennis, MA on June 12, 2020
Untitled (Girl in a Meadow)
1884, oil on canvas, 18 x 26 in., Collection of Francis and Patricia Scola
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Untitled
1884, oil on wood, 4 1⁄4 x 11 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John A. Hofheins.
Landscape, Field and Woods,
1885, watercolor and pencil on thin wove paper, 4 x 7 in.
Landscape with Man on a Horse,
c. 1884, oil on canvas, 26 x 40 ⅛ in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Irwin M. Sparr.
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1985.
Narragansett Pier
1884, watercolor on paper, 8 x 12 in., Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Harvest
1884, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in.
Exhibited at African American art: 200 years: 40 distinctive voices reveal the breadth of nineteenth and twentieth century art. New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery on January 11 - March 15, 2008.
The Oxen Wagon
1885, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
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Exhibited at African American art: 200 years: 40 distinctive voices reveal the breadth of nineteenth and twentieth century art, New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery on January 11 - March 15, 2008. Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Lady with a Bouquet
1885, oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist on March 23 -April 3, 1966, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, lent by Providence Art Club.
Sabin's Point
1885, oil on canvas, 37 ¼ x 64 ¼ in., Brown University, Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. George Warren Gardner.
Mentioned in the November 26, 1885 Providence Journal on page 5 as being offered at auction by F. J. Sheldon at 127 Westminster Street in Providence. Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Spring Exhibition, April 14, 1885, listed for sale $500. Exhibited at The Eden of America: Rhode Island Landscapes, 1820-1920. Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art in 1986. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992. Exhibited at Barbizon to Impressionism, Rhode Island Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, October 27, 2007-January 27, 2008.
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Driving Home the Cows
c.1885, oil on canvas, 21 x 29 ½ in.
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Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art in 1994 (San Antonio venue).
The Woodsman
1885, Graphite on paper, 20 ½ x 14 ¼ in., Providence Art Club, Bequest of Ruth Ely
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992; exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001. Exhibited at Barbizon to Impressionism, Rhode Island Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, October 27, 2007-January 27, 2008. Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister,” Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018.
Palmer River
1885, oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 34 1/16 in.. Collection of Daniel Mechnig, to National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchel Bannister: memorial exhibition in May 1901, Providence Art Club; Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist on March 23 -April 3, 1966. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992; Shown at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective, Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001. Exhibited at Barbizon to Impressionism, Rhode Island Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, October 27, 2007-January 27, 2008. Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister,” Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018.
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Ox and Cows in a Landscape
c.1885, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in.
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Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art in 1994 (San Antonio venue).
Trees and Lake
1886, oil on canvas 18 x 12 in.
Sold by World Auction Gallery, East Meadow, NY on September 18, 2022
Approaching Storm
1886, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchel Bannister: Memorial Exhibition in May 1901, owned by Hugo Bruel. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, on March 23 -April 3, 1966; Exhibited at Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1985.
Untitled (Landscape with a Fast Running Brook)
1886, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
Sold by Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC, Avon, CT on
November 12, 2022.
Untitled (Rhode Island Coastal Scene)
1885, oil on linen canvas, 12 x 20 in.
Path to the Sea
c. 1885-89, oil on linen canvas, 11x18 in.
Exhibited at Bert Gallery, Providence, RI in 2010; sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY, on October 08, 2019.
Farmer Green's Meadow
1886, oil on canvas, 15 x 21 in., Kenkeleba Gallery, New York.
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Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Fisherman by Water
1886, oil on canvas.
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Pleasant Pastures
1887, oil on canvas, 16 ⅛ x 24 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of G. William Miller
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Shown at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition in May 1901, Collection of Walter L. Munro; Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, on March 23 -April 3, 1966.
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After the Shower
ca. 1883-1887, oil on board, 9 x 10 in.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Providence Art Club in May 1901, Collection of Austin H. King. Mentioned in the "Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design," Vol. 10, No.2, 1922 as a bequest to RISD by Austin H. King. Mentioned in the March 12, 1922 Providence Journal on page 100 as part of a bequest from the Austin King collection.Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist on March 23 -April 3, 1966, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, from the Miller Collection. Exhibited at Selections of Nineteenth-Century Afro-American Art. in 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Mentioned by George W. Whitaker in his 1901 eulogy on Bannister owned by Austin H. King.
Jamestown, Rhode Island,
c.1887, oil on canvas, 13 x 23 ½ in.
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992. Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art in 1994 (San Antonio venue).
Raging Surf
c.1888, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in. Kenkeleba Gallery, New York
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Untitled (Autumn Landscape)
1888, oil on canvas board, 16 ¼ x 21 in.
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Arlington Avenue
c. 1888, oil on artist board, 12 x 20 in. Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Boston Street Scene
c.1888., oil on panel, 8 x 5 1/2 Kenkeleba House, New York Likely NOT a Bannister; RISD Museum’s similar canvas has been re-attributed to Edward Dean Hamilton
Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Road to a House with Red Roof
1889, oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 24 in. RI Black Heritage Society in trust of Bannister house, to Museum of Art , Rhode Island School of Design.
Exhibited at 4 from Providence: Bannister, Prophet, Alston, Jennings: Black Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992,. Exhibited at Barbizon to Impressionism, Rhode Island Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, October 27, 2007-January 27, 2008.
The Old Ferry
1889, oil on canvas, 12 ½ x 10 ⅜ in.
1889, oil on canvas, 12 ½ x 10 ⅜ in.
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The Gallery of Art, Howard University, Ten Afro-American Artists of the Nineteenth Century, February 3 - March 30, 1967, lent by Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hope of Washington, D.C.
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Untitled (Launching rowboat on lake shore)
1889, 5 x 8 in.
Sold by CRN Auctions, Cambridge, MA on April 23, 2023
Bath Road Cliff, Newport
1889, oil on canvas, 28 x 46 in., Collection of Frederick G. and Marion E. Emerson
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister Memorial Exhibition, Collection of George N. Bliss, May 1901. Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Landscape with Two People Walking,
1889, oil on canvas
Untitled (Landscape with bridge)
1890, oil on linen canvas, 9 x 7 in., Private collection in Vermont.
Sold by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on April 06, 2023.
Presenting Head of John the Baptist
1890, oil on paper, mounted on paperboard, 9 3⁄4 x 13 1⁄2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Melvin and H. Alan Frank from the Frank Family Collection
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, May 1901, Collection of Gustine L. Hurd.
Apple Trees in a Meadow
1890, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Cows By A Stream,
1891, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in.
Untitled (Dirt trail through the forest with figures seated in the shade)
1890, oil on canvas, 6 x 8 in.
Untitled (Shore landscape)
c. 1890, oil on linen canvas, 8 ¼ x 16 ¼ in.
Sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on Oct. 08, 2019.
Morning on the River, Providence, RI
1890, oil on linen canvas, 20 x 30 in. Ex-collection Charles and Jean Coelho.
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Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister,” Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018.
Untitled (Woman at the Well)
1890, graphite and pastel on paper, 19 ¾ x 15 in. Collection of Allan S. Noonan, M.D.; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
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Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, 1992.
After the Bath
c.1891, oil on canvas, 25 ½ x 39 ½ in., promised gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Harmon Kelley
Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994 (San Antonio venue); Mentioned by George W. Whitaker in his eulogy on Bannister as owned by Mr. Buffman.
Untitled (Pastoral landscape)
1891, oil on linen canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Rocky Farm, Newport
1891, oil on canvas, 10 1⁄4 x 16 1⁄4 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank.
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of George C. Kilton, May 1901
Untitled (Landscape with trees)
1891, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Sold by Shannon's, Milford, CT on September 17, 2020.
Leucothea Rescuing Ulysses
1891, oil on canvas, 9 x12 in., Newport Hospital, Rhode Island
Described in the September 21, 1890 Providence Journal on page 10 as "this painting which is six or seven feet high, is Leucothea rescuing Ulysses from the raft... Ulysses, clinging to the raft fast breaking up in a grim loneliness of sea, invokes the help of Leucothea. A vague mysterious darkness is over the tossing water, almost concealing thew sinking ship, whose queer figured prow is lifted as if in the supreme endeavor of a human to prolong a little the last sight of earth and life. The composing and grouping of the work conspires to good effect. The sturdy King of Ithaca, one hand grasping the separating planks gazes up at the sudden apparition of Leucothea with a passive awe. Both figures are admirably drawn and tinted. It is doubtless one of the most essential things Mr. Bannister has painted. There is something more to be done to the painting before it is turned over to its owner, Judge Carpenter." Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992; Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York. Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister, Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018.
Untitled (Boy and Man with Oxen)
1891, oil on canvas, 40 ⅛ x 60 ¼ in.,Smithsonian American Art Museum,.Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank.
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Neutakonkanut
1891, watercolor on paper, 5 x 7 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Morning on the Shore
1892, watercolor on paper, 9 x 14 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Miller Collection.
Exhibited at Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist, March 23 -April 3, 1966.
The Farm Landing
1892, oil on canvas, 30 ¼ x 40 ¼ in., The White House., Washington, D.C.
An article in the Wall Street Journal on May 22, 2009 says that of the 450 piece permanent collection in the White House only "five works by black artists" are included. The Farm Landing was purchased in 2006 with donations.
On the Seekonk
1892, oil on canvas, 9 ¼ x 14 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum
Crossing the Bridge before Sunset
1893, oil on linen canvas, 16 x 26 in. Ex-collection Benjamin E. Perry.
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York; Sold by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on October 07, 2021.
Untitled
1893, watercolor on stiff wove paper, (4 ¾ x 11 ½ in)
Untitled (Shoreline with Sailboats and Roof)
1893, oil on canvas, 14 x 24 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joseph Sinclair.
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Cows in a pasture
1893, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in.
People Near Boat
1893, oil on canvas, 14 x 19 ⅞ in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Harvey Golden.
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Hay Gatherers
c. 1893, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. Worcester Art Museum.
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992; Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York. Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister, Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018.
Untitled (Forest scene)
1893, oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Michael Marks.
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Untitled (Rhode Island landscape)
1893, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
The Drinking-Pool (Three women at water)
1894, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank.
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Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of Miss S.E. Usher, May 1901
Afternoon Pond
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 15 ¼ x 28 ¾ in.
Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994 (San Antonio venue).
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Cattle Grazing
1895, oil on canvas, 14 x 24 in., University Club, Providence, RI
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Homeward
1895, oil on canvas, 9 x 14 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank.
Mentioned in the April 29, 1888 Providence Journal on page 6 as being in the Providence Art Club’s spring exhibition. Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Exhibition, November 4 - 18, 1891. Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of Walter B. Vincent, May 1901; Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1985; Mentioned by George W. Whitaker in his eulogy to Edward as owned by Mr. Vincent.
Landscape with Sailboat
1895, oil on canvas, 11 ¾ x 17 ½ in.
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Exhibited at Ten Afro-American Artists of the Nineteenth Century, February 3 - March 30, 1967, The Gallery of Art, Howard University, Lent by Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hope of Washington, D.C
At the Pawtuxet (By the Brook)
1895, oil on canvas, 15 x 18 in., Providence Art Club, Gift of Mrs. James Elgan
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992. Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister, Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018
Grazing in Tall Grass
1895, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in., Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Salute
1895, oil on canvas, 14 x 19 1⁄4 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Charles Mandell
The Drinking-Pool (Man in cart with oxen at pool)
1895, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank.
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister Memorial Exhibition, Collection of Waldo Stewart, May 1901
Reclining Cow
1895, oil on canvas mounted on wood panel, 9 ¾ x 16 in.
Roses
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in., Kenkeleba Gallery, New York
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Untitled (Fall landscape)
1895, oil on linen canvas, 10 x 14 in.
Landscape with Five Cows
1895, charcoal on paper, 5 ½ x 9 ½ in., Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston.
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Untitled (Landscape and cloud study),
1895, oil on cardstock board, 7 ¼ x 8 ¼ in.
Untitled (Rhode Island Landscape)
1895, oil on canvas, 34 x 44 in.
Untitled (Landscape, cows, field, ocean)
1895, oil on canvas 16 ¼ x 24 ⅛ in., Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI
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Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
October on the Pawtuxet, RI,
1896, oil on canvas, 15 x 28 in.
Untitled (Homestead landscape with boat on pond at sunset)
1897, oil on canvas, 25 ¾ x 40 ½ in.
Sold at Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL on May 06, 2023.
Untitled (Landscape, trees by water)
1897, Watercolor with graphite on textured paper, 13 x 17 ¾ in.
Sold by Swann Galleries, New York on 13 Feb 2014.
