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First and foremost, this page is not a catalogue raisonné. This is a collection of works by Bannister that are mentioned in this Annotated Bibliography on Edward and Christiana. The information and images contained in these pages are the result of the best effort of the author, using information available at the time of writing. While every effort was made to keep the information current and correct, there are no representations or warranties, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information or images contained in these pages for any purpose and no attempt has been made to authenticate any of the paintings that appear in these pages.
The titles have been arranged chronologically. I created a separate page for undated works. 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 and to Edward Shein for his encyclopedic knowledge of Bannister's work.
The Ship Outward Bound
The Ship Outward Bound
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1854, oil on canvas
Provenance
Dr. John V. DeGrasse
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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. Nell also writes on page 316 of The Colored Patriots of the Revolution published in 1855, "In the Doctor's study hangs his diploma, and a beautiful painting, ("The Ship Outward Bound,") executed by a young colored artist, Mr. EDWARD BANNISTER, which is enclosed in an elaborate gilt frame, the work of a young mechanic, Mr. JACOB ANDREWS,--the whole being a joint presentation to their professional friend. Such tributes of genius and skill harmonize well with every worthy effort for the elevation of those in this land with whom the donors are identified, by complexion and condition. Mentioned in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art, p. 46.
Dr. John V. DeGrasse
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1854, oil on canvas, 23 x 19
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. in 2001.
Lucretia Cordelia DeGrasse
Lucretia Cordelia DeGrasse
Date, Dimensions, Medium
after 1852, pastel on paper, 15 ¼ x 12 ¼ in.
Provenance
Kenkeleba House, New York
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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 African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766-1916. New York: Babcock Galleries, 2010. Described by Tess Sol Schwab in catalogue on page 34 as "beautiful, thoughtful, lively and introspective."
Untitled (Rhode Island Seascape)
Untitled (Rhode Island Seascape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1856 Oil on canvas, 7 ¼ x 13 ½ in.
Provenance
Kenkeleba House
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Dorchester
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1856, oil on canvas, 14 1⁄8 x 20 1⁄8 in.Provenance
Edward Shein to Dr. Charles Mandell to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Portrait of Christiana Carteaux Bannister
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1860, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in.
Provenance
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at 4 from Providence: Bannister, Prophet, Alston, Jennings: Black artists in the Rhode Island social landscape. Rhode Island College, 1978; Kenkeleba House, New York; Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992; Exhibited at Newport Art Museum, 1992-2015; Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister,” Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018. Mentioned in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art, p. 46.
Prudence Nelson Bell
Prudence Nelson Bell
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1864 Oil on canvas, 25 x 2 in.
Provenance
Mrs. Charles W. Johnson, Jr.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
A Portrait of Garrison
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1869
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at The Studios of Providence, Upper Story, Ward Room, Benefit Street, Providence, RI. October in 1869.
Untitled (Man with Two Oxen)
Untitled (Man with Two Oxen)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1869 Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 ¼
Provenance
Edward Shein to Dr. Peter A. Pizzarello to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at The Studios of Providence, Upper Story, Ward Room, Benefit Street, Providence, RI. October in 1869. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
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Woman Walking with a Cow
Woman Walking with a Cow
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1869, oil on canvas, 22 x 29 ½ in
1869, oil on canvas, 22 x 29 ½ in
Provenance
Edward Shein to Francis Scola to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Moon over Harbor)
Untitled (Moon over Harbor)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1868, Oil on fiberboard, 9 5/8 x 15 ¼
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Herdsman with Cows
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1869, Oil on canvas, 31 ¼ x 51 ½
Provenance
Edward Shein to Harry Leven to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
St. Luke
St. Luke
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1869-1873, oil on canvas, 24 1⁄4 x 18 1⁄8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Alan M. Gilstein and William J. Piccerelli to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Governor Sprague's White Horse
Governor Sprague's White Horse
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1869 Oil on canvas, 23 x 30 in.
1869 Oil on canvas, 23 x 30 in.
Provenance
Manton Hoard to C.H. Perkins to Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence
Manton Hoard to C.H. Perkins to Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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.
Mentioned in the August 16, 1903, Providence Journal on page 8. 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.
The Newspaper Boy
The Newspaper Boy
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1869, oil on canvas, 30 ⅛ x 25 ⅛ in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Jack Hafif and Frederick Weingeroff to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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. Discussed in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art, p. 46, with image.
At the Oakside Beach
At the Oakside Beach
Date, Dimensions, Medium
late 1870s Oil on canvas, 8 ½ x 12 ½ in.
Provenance
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Streamside
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1870, Oil on canvas, 14x21.
Provenance
Walter O. Evans Collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Scene Along the Connecticut River, Westmoreland
Scene Along the Connecticut River, Westmoreland
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1870, Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Provenance
Harvard Musical Association, Boston
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Untitled (Dockyard Scene)
Untitled (Dockyard Scene)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1870, Conté crayon and pastels on beige wove paper, 20.3 x 27.3 in. in.
Provenance
Sold at auction on February 17, 2011.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sunny Landscape
Sunny Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1870 Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in.
c. 1870 Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in.
Provenance
Bomani Gallery, San Francisco
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992. Number 47 in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art.
Sunset
Sunset
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 28 1/8 in.
c. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 28 1/8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Elliot and Rhoda Liffland to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Train
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Frederick and Joan Slatsky to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992
Untitled (Landscape with a Pond)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1876, oil on canvas, 7.75 x 11.75 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection. San Francisco: Pomegranate in 1998
Oak Trees
Oak Trees
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1876, oil on canvas, 33.8 x 60.2 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Color photo in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art, p. 85, number 38 in same publication. Mentioned in Driskell, David C. Hidden heritage : Afro-American art, 1800-1950. San Francisco: The Art Museum Association of America, 1985. Includes color photograph.
Under the Oaks
Under the Oaks
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1876, oil on canvas, 48 x 78 in.
Provenance
John Duff thence to Sibbel A. Duff Bullard and William C. Bullard thence to Andrew Brabner Wallace. Current location unknown.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Drawing by E. M. Bannister of “Under the Oaks” from “Massachusetts Artists’ Centennial Album,” compiled by J. R. Osgood & Co., Boston, April 1876.
On March 21, 1876, The Providence Morning Star published a detailed description of “Under the Oaks” as follows, “The picture is six and a half by four feet, and enclosed in a rich and heavy gilt frame 8x51/2 feet. It represents a grove of oaks with a flock of sheep in the foreground, and the shepherd resting under the trees. Beyond the oaks are one or two quiet lakes, and in the extreme distance, looking across the plains, is a range of hills. Though simple in subject, the work is broad and comprehensive in treatment. It has such strength, repose and realism that there is a sort of magnetic influence which seems to make one a part of the scene itself instead of a mere spectator.” On April 4, 1876, the Boston Evening Transcript wrote an article about the paintings to be exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and which were on display at Boylston Street. The article says this about Edward’s "Under the Oaks," “One of the most notable landscapes in the collection hangs on the left wall of the larger gallery in the art club building. In the catalogue it appears as #25, “Under the Oaks,” and was painted by E. M. Bannister of Providence. The grouping of the trees in the foreground is admirable, while the effects of light and shade are such as none but a thorough student and lover of nature could have managed. The sky and distance are especially good.” The Massachusetts Artists’ Centennial Album compiled by J.R. Osgood & Co. and published in April of 1876 on page vi describes Under the Oaks as A simple composition, and a picture quiet in color and low in tone, but with strong oppositions. The dark mass of a clump of great oak-trees fills the middle of the picture, and is seen in silhouette against-a light sky and the meadows beyond. Under the trees is a flock of sheep in the care of a shepherd and in the immediate foreground a pool of water. The general tone of the picture is gray. Size 48 by 78 inches
The Official Catalogue of the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition lists Bannister's painting “Under the Oaks” on page 42, number 935. Bannister’s name is also listed. Mentioned in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art, p. 46.
Mentioned in African-American artists - III. New York : Bill Hodges Gallery, 2002.
Landscape Near Newport, Rhode Island
Landscape Near Newport, Rhode Island
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1877-1878, oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 25 7/8
Provenance
Edward Shein to Ronald E. Deal to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1985.
Untitled (Trees and Shrubbery)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1877 Oil on canvas, 10 x 13 1/4
Provenance
Collection of Allan S. Noonan, M.D.; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge. Massachusetts
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Rocks near Newport
Date, Dimensions, Medium
ca. 1877-1885, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 1⁄8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Louis Glaser and Dennis H. Sheahan to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchel Bannister: memorial exhibition, Providence Art Club in May 1901.
Hillside Pasture
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1877, Oil on canvas mounted on board, 20 x 30.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis Glaser, Dennis H. Sheahan
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992; Exhibited at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Catalogue of the Department of Fine Arts, Fourteenth Exhibition, Boston: By the Association, 1881.
Untitled (Cow Herd in Pastoral Landscape)
Untitled (Cow Herd in Pastoral Landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1877, oil on linen canvas, 27.99 x 47.99 in
1877, oil on linen canvas, 27.99 x 47.99 in
Provenance
Sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries, Oct 06, 2016 - Sale 2424. Harry DeGrummond, Salado, Texas; private collection, Texas (1980); thence by descent to the current owner, private collection, Oklahoma. This painting was found in the contents of Twelve Oaks, a historic two-story stone mansion in Salado, Texas, when it was purchased with the DeGrummond estate in 1980.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
This impressive scene of a herd of cows in a Rhode Island landscape is a large and significant mid-career painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. The pastoral scene is rendered in rich harmonious tonalities captured in the light at dawn. The herdsman at the center of the horizon brings the viewer into a composition that shows Bannister's affinities with the Barbizon masters Jean-François Millet and Camille Corot. Upon closer inspection, Bannister's impastoed brush strokes and palette knife application in the foreground also show the influence of Gustave Courbet. - description by Swann Auction Galleries.
Fishing Shacks
Fishing Shacks
Date, Dimensions, Medium
ca. 1877-1885, oil on wood, 10 5⁄8 x 13 7⁄8 in
ca. 1877-1885, oil on wood, 10 5⁄8 x 13 7⁄8 in
Provenance
Edward Shein to Howard S. and Dorothy Lampal to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Newport
Newport
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1877, oil on waxed canvas, 17 x 28 7⁄8 in.
c. 1877, oil on waxed canvas, 17 x 28 7⁄8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Gerald Scher to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
The Palmer River, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
The Palmer River, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1877, oil on fiberboard, 14 15/16 x 10 1/8
1877, oil on fiberboard, 14 15/16 x 10 1/8
Provenance
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Bequest of Isaac C. Bates .
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992
Tree Landscape
Tree Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1877, 20 1⁄8 x 29 7⁄8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape
Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1878 oil on canvas, 7.9 x 12.9 in.
1878 oil on canvas, 7.9 x 12.9 in.
Provenance
Rhode Island School of Design, bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
One Voice, Many Visions, Work By African American Artists, Feb 20, 1998 – Jun 14, 1998; Days Gone By, Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 26, 1971; Small Exhibition of Works by Negro Artists, Nov 10, 1957 – Nov 17, 1957.
Woman on a Road Near a Stream
Woman on a Road Near a Stream
Date, Dimensions, Medium
late 1870s Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 21 1/2
Provenance
Collection of Judge Frederick L. Brown; courtesy Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Landscape
Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1879, oil on canvas, 5 ½ x 10½
1879, oil on canvas, 5 ½ x 10½
Provenance
Barnett Aden Gallery.
Barnett Aden Gallery.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Amistad II: Afro-American Art, The Department of Art, Fisk University in 1975.
Untitled (Landscape with Moored Boat)
Untitled (Landscape with Moored Boat)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1879, oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein toJoseph Sinclair to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Landscape with Woman Walking on Path
Landscape with Woman Walking on Path
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1879, oil on wood panel, 6.25 x 10 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
Untitled (River Landscape)
Untitled (River Landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1879, Oil on linen canvas, 1879, 12x15 in.
Provenance
Sold by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on December 10, 2020. Private collection, Pennsylvania.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Docks at Dusk
Docks at Dusk
Date, Dimensions, Medium
Oil on thin wood panel, circa late 1870s, 7½x10 inches.
Provenance
Frank Tolles Chamberlin, thence by descent, private collection, California and New Mexico; private collection, New Mexico (2022). Swann Auction Galleries, Sale 2664 - Lot 1, April 4, 2024.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
"Frank Tolles Chamberlin (1873 - 1961) was a landscape painter, and sculptor who lived and worked in California. His wife was Catherine Beecher Stetson, the only daughter of Rhode Island painter Charles Walter Stetson, a close friend and colleague of Bannister's. Stetson and Bannister were part of a small group of artists who founded the Providence Art Club in 1880.
This oil sketch is a wonderful scene of moored ships in what appears to be the harbor of 1870s Providence - the buildings and smoke stacks looming in the backgound are similar to contemporaneous images. Bannister would paint such small plein air studies on board, sometimes to develop into larger paintings in the studio. A similiar docks scene is found in his oil painting, Providence River (1881)." From Swann Auction Galleries
Untitled (Woodcutter on a Path)
Untitled (Woodcutter on a Path)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1879 Oil on canvas, 16x22 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Louis Glaser to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Landscape, Clouds
Landscape, Clouds
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s Oil on canvas, 5x8 in.
Provenance
Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins.
Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s, graphite on paper, 13.97x21.59 cm
Provenance
Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA.
Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
(Untitled) Landscape with Cows
(Untitled) Landscape with Cows
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s Watercolor on paper, 6.75x10 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection. San Francisco: Pomegranate in 1998
Expansive Landscape
Expansive Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s watercolor on board, 71/2x103/4 in.
1880s watercolor on board, 71/2x103/4 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold at auction by Black Art Auction, Thom Pegg, Tyler Fine Art, Saint Louis on May 22, 2021, Lot 81.
Newport Scene
Newport Scene
Date, Dimensions, Medium
ca. 1880-1889, watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, 13 1⁄8 x 19 in.
ca. 1880-1889, watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, 13 1⁄8 x 19 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Louis Glaser to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Shein to Louis Glaser to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Bridgewater, NH)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
circa 1880s, watercolor on thin wove paper, 7x10 1/2 in
circa 1880s, watercolor on thin wove paper, 7x10 1/2 in
Provenance
Sold by Swann Auction Galleries on October 29, 20023 from private collection in Florida.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1880, oil on mahogany panel, 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
c.1880, oil on mahogany panel, 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
Provenance
Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Shoreline with Boats, Rhode Island
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1880, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
c. 1880, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Provenance
Sold at auction by Black Art Auction, Thom Pegg, Tyler Fine Art, Saint Louis on March 12, 2022.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape with a Stream
Landscape with a Stream
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1880, oil on academy board, 17 1/2 x 8 in
Provenance
Sold at auction by Black Art Auction, Thom Pegg, Tyler Fine Art, Saint Louis on March 12, 2022.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Passed Storm
Passed Storm
Date, Dimensions, Medium
ca. 1880, oil on artist board, 6 1/4 × 8 1/4 in
Provenance
Montclair Art Museum.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at 100 Works for 100 Years: A Centennial Celebration, Montclair Art Museum, 2014. Exhibited at Alexandre Gallery at The American Art Fair 2017.
Kid's Road
Kid's Road
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s, oil on canvas, 5x8 in
Provenance
Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins
Collection of Warren and Charlynn Goins
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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 (Landscape with Waterfall)
Untitled (Landscape with Waterfall)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in.
1880s Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in.
Provenance
Private Collection
Private Collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Untitled (Man on Horseback, Woman on Foot Driving Cattle)
Untitled (Man on Horseback, Woman on Foot Driving Cattle)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880 Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Heading Home from Haymaking
Heading Home from Haymaking
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880, oil on board
Provenance
The Collection of Dr. Dianne Whitfield-Locke and Dr. Carnell Locke, Maryland
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold by Black Art Auction, Saint Louis, MO on May 16, 2020.
Landscape and Boat
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1880, oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 29 1/4
Provenance
Collection of Harmon and Harriet Kelley.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994. "In Landscape and Boat, Bannister explores the massing of shapes, created through sharp contrasts of light and shade." - Exhibition catalogue.
Walking Along a Path
Walking Along a Path
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1880 Oil on canvas, 5 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
c. 1880 Oil on canvas, 5 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Provenance
Collection of Judge Frederick L Brown
Collection of Judge Frederick L Brown
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Migration at Sunset
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1880 Oil on canvas
c. 1880 Oil on canvas
Provenance
Chrysler Museum of Art
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Woman Standing Near a Pond
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880, oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.
1880, oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.
Provenance
Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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Untitled
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1880, oil on cardstock board, 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
c. 1880, oil on cardstock board, 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Provenance
Private Connecticut collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold at Swann Galleries, New York on 06 February 2007 for $24,000.
Doryman
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1880, oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in.
c. 1880, oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in.
Provenance
Kenkeleba Gallery, New York.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766-1916. New York: Babcock Galleries in 2010. Image appears on page35.
Providence River
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1880, watercolor on paper, 73/4 x 111/2 in.
c. 1880, watercolor on paper, 73/4 x 111/2 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited by 100 Works for 100 Years: A Centennial Celebration, Montclair Art Museum, 2014. Exhibited by Alexandre Gallery at The American Art Fair 2017.
Last Glow
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on burlap, 28 ¼ x 36 in.
1881, oil on burlap, 28 ¼ x 36 in.
Provenance
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division; The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundation
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Fishing
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 30 x 50 in.
1881, oil on canvas, 30 x 50 in.
Provenance
Collection of Edward Shein.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Cows Descending Hillside)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on burlap, 11 ⅛ x 15 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Louis Glaser to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Driving Home the Cows
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 32 x 50 in.
1881, oil on canvas, 32 x 50 in.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of G. William Miller
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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. Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister; The Barbizon School in Providence, Olney Street Baptist Church, Providence, August 1-15, 1965. Number 39 in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art.
Woodland Interior
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1881, oil on canvas, 36 x 24
c. 1881, oil on canvas, 36 x 24
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Gathering Clouds
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in.
1881, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Christie's, 19th and 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Sculpture in 1989.
The Storm
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 4 x 8 in.
1881, oil on canvas, 4 x 8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to J. Wesley Johnson to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Shein to J. Wesley Johnson to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
At Smith's Place, Narragansett Bay
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in
1881, oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in
Provenance
Acquired by Anson and France Viets, Springfield, MA (c. 1920s); thence by descent, private collection, Maine.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at the Twenty-third Exhibition of the Boston Art Club, Boston, MA on January 29 - February 9, 1881; sold on October 19, 2023 by Swann Auction Galleries in New York for $137,000..
Providence Harbor
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 14 ¼ x 20 ¼ in.
1881, oil on canvas, 14 ¼ x 20 ¼ in.
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs. David E. Leven.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Hidden heritage : Afro-American art, 1800-1950. San Francisco: The Art Museum Association of America, 1985. 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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 10 x 16 in.
1881, oil on canvas, 10 x 16 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on linen canvas, 16 x 22 in.
1881, oil on linen canvas, 16 x 22 in.
Provenance
Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach
Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach
Exhibition and Bibliographic History .
Edward Mitchell Bannister’s two landscapes in the Norton Museum of Art collection present the New England countryside at its most contemplative. In the earlier work from 1881, a woman sits in the shadows of great trees whose trunks and branches frame her against a sunlit forest glade. The crimson ribbon on her hat, a counterpoint to the bright green and yellow tones of the open space, calls attention to the figure as she reads. Across the glade a steep hillside dense with foliage rises to the top of the canvas. Through branches high above the woman’s head, we glimpse clouds and blue sky. By Glenn Tomlinson, William Randolph Hearst Curator of Education, Norton Museum of Art
Pastoral Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 51.8 x 76.5
1881, oil on canvas, 51.8 x 76.5
Provenance
Sold at auction by Sotheby's, New York, Art of the Americas Lot 28, on Jan 18, 2023.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History .
Landscape with Cow and Female Figure
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1881, watercolor on cream wove paper, 13 ¼ x 19 ¼ in.
c. 1881, watercolor on cream wove paper, 13 ¼ x 19 ¼ in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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.
Grazing Sheep
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1881, oil on canvas, 22 ¼ x 30 ¼ in.
1881, oil on canvas, 22 ¼ x 30 ¼ in.
Provenance
Nicholas Bruno.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1882, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
c. 1882, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Joseph Sinclair to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1882, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Ronald E. Deal to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Five Cows in a Pasture
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1882-1884, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, Smithsonian American Art Museum, in 1985
Sad Memories
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1882, charcoal mounted on paper, 8 7/8 x 6 in.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of G. William Miller.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Olney Street Baptist Church Memorial Exhibition, August 1, 1965; 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.
Oyster Raking, Hudson River
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1882, charcoal on paper, 9 x 5 ½ in.
1882, charcoal on paper, 9 x 5 ½ in.
Provenance
Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Landscape with Trees and Pond
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1882, oil on board, 12 x 15 ½ in.
1882, oil on board, 12 x 15 ½ in.
Provenance
Sold by Shannon's, Milford, CT on November 19, 2020
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Summer Meadow
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Gregory Wells and Dr. Sheila Allison-Wells
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
River Landscape at Sunset
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, oil on canvas laid on masonite, 27 x 36 in.
1883, oil on canvas laid on masonite, 27 x 36 in.
Provenance
Sold by Grogan & Company, Dedham on 30 Sep 2012.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sunset
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
1883, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
Provenance
G. William Miller.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, oil on canvas, 9 x 13 in.
1883, oil on canvas, 9 x 13 in.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Gregory Wells and Dr. Sheila Allison-Wells.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
River Scene
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, oil on canvas
1883, oil on canvas
Provenance
Honolulu Museum of Art.
Honolulu Museum of Art.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, oil on canvas, 20x24 in.
1883, oil on canvas, 20x24 in.
Provenance
Sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on June 08, 2010
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Landscape of a marsh and cows through a forest)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, pastel and gouache on paper.
1883, pastel and gouache on paper.
Provenance
Sold by Roland Auctions, Glen Cove, NY on June 03, 2023.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Homestead
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, oil on canvas, 34 x 44 in.
1883, oil on canvas, 34 x 44 in.
Provenance
Sold by Roland Auctions, Glen Cove, NY on June 03, 2023.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Four Cows in a Meadow
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1883, oil on canvas, 12 x 19 in.
1883, oil on canvas, 12 x 19 in.
Provenance
Newport At Museum on loan from Bannister Nursing Care Center.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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 (Girl in a Meadow)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1884, oil on canvas, 18 x 26 in.
1884, oil on canvas, 18 x 26 in.
Provenance
Collection of Francis and Patricia Scola.
Collection of Francis and Patricia Scola.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
"Another motif found often in Bannister's paintings — among others, Untitled (Woodcutter on a Path) (1879), The Evening Track (1883), Untitled (Girl in a Meadow) (1884), Road to a House with Red Roof ( 1 880) — is the winding road through the landscape, with the human traveler positioned as observer, one who passes through God's handiwork. Bannister identifies the artist's duty to represent "the beautiful phenomena of the heavens above, or the earth beneath them. . . . reading the great three leaved book of nature . . . land, and Sky, and water . . . reverently and lovingly. . . Bannister's intellectual bent and deep religious principles created the philosophical underpinnings of his approach to the landscape. He was part of the tradition of artist-thinkers, among them Washington Allston and Asher B. Durand, who worked to clarify and verbalize their vision and practice of art." from Reaching Through the Veil: African-American Artist Edward Mitchell Bannister by Juanita Marie Holland.
Untitled #1
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s, pastel on paper, 9.75 x 13.
1880s, pastel on paper, 9.75 x 13.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Mentioned in African-American artists - III. New York : Bill Hodges Gallery, 2002. "It is my learned of more than 25 years of selling works of art, that the works appearing on this page of the catalogue and again I make the careful distinction of in my 'opinion' that these works are the very rare and unknown works of Edward Bannister."
Untitled #2
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s, pastel on paper, 10.25 x 13.25.
1880s, pastel on paper, 10.25 x 13.25.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Mentioned in African-American artists - III. New York : Bill Hodges Gallery, 2002. "It is my learned of more than 25 years of selling works of art, that the works appearing on this page of the catalogue and again I make the careful distinction of in my 'opinion' that these works are the very rare and unknown works of Edward Bannister."
Untitled #3
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s, pastel on paper, 10 x 13.25.
1880s, pastel on paper, 10 x 13.25.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Mentioned in African-American artists - III. New York : Bill Hodges Gallery, 2002. "It is my learned of more than 25 years of selling works of art, that the works appearing on this page of the catalogue and again I make the careful distinction of in my 'opinion' that these works are the very rare and unknown works of Edward Bannister."
Untitled #4
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1880s, pastel on paper, 10 x 13.75.
1880s, pastel on paper, 10 x 13.75.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Mentioned in African-American artists - III. New York : Bill Hodges Gallery, 2002. "It is my learned of more than 25 years of selling works of art, that the works appearing on this page of the catalogue and again I make the careful distinction of in my 'opinion' that these works are the very rare and unknown works of Edward Bannister."
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Untitled
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1884, oil on wood, 4 1⁄4 x 11 in.
1884, oil on wood, 4 1⁄4 x 11 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to John A. Hofheins to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape, Field and Woods
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1885, watercolor and pencil on thin wove paper, 4 x 7 in.
1885, watercolor and pencil on thin wove paper, 4 x 7 in.
Provenance
Petrucci Family Foundation, 2024; Sold at auction on February 14, 2013 by Swann Galleries, New York.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape with Man on a Horse
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1884, oil on canvas, 26 x 40 ⅛ in.
c. 1884, oil on canvas, 26 x 40 ⅛ in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Irwin M. Sparr to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1985.
Narragansett Pier
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1884, watercolor on paper, 8 x 12 in.
c. 1884, watercolor on paper, 8 x 12 in.
Provenance
Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Harvest
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1884, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in.
c. 1884, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in.
Provenance
Herbert Weinberg, New York, NY; to Estate of Herbert Weinberg, New York, NY; (Christie’s, New York, NY), September 29, 1999, sale 8283, lot 64 (as Farmer Pushing a Wheelbarrow); purchased by Michael Rosenfeld and halley k harrisburg, New York, NY; (Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY); given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2014
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold at auction by Christie's, East on 29 September 1999 for $25,300. 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, 2020.
Moonlight off Bailey's Beach, Newport, R. I.
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1885
c. 1885
Provenance
J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund for American Art.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at the Autumn Exhibition, Providence Art Club on November 11, 1885, listed for sale. Described in the November 13, 1885 Providence Journal on page 8 as “decidedly cold and unpleasant in color, though the water is painted with considerable movement, and pours over the rocks with a realistic sweep and rush.”
Driving Home the Cows
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1885, oil on canvas, 21 x 29 ½ in.
Provenance
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art in 1994 (San Antonio venue).
East Hancock Harbor
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1885, 8 x 12, oil on canvas
Provenance
Sold at auction by Bill Hodges Gallery, NY.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Encore, Bill Hodges Gallery, NY, Aug 14-Sep 6, 2014 . Image appears on page 36 in Norman W. Lewis, et al., Bill Hodges Gallery catalogue, 2017.
The Oxen Wagon
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1885, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1885, oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1885, oil on canvas, 37 ¼ x 64 ¼ in.
Provenance
Brown University, Gardner House, Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. George Warren Gardner.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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.
Springtime
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1885, oil on canvas.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
On January 7, 1885 The Evening News reported on Bannister's exhibition at his studio. "Foremostly in size and masterly work is the canvas entitled, Springtime. “It is indeed truly representative of spring. The canvas depicts a wide woodland interior, with broad dashes of sunlight and shadow, and rich in purple distances. A lady with a basket as if gathering spring flowers gives the desired bit of life to the picture. It is a beautiful scene, full of atmosphere, painted in a broad, vigorous manner, yet losing none of the tender grace and delicacy of springtime.
The Woodsman
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1885, Graphite on paper, 20 ½ x 14 ¼ in.
Provenance
Providence Art Club bequest of Ruth Ely.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1885, oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 34 1/16 in.
Provenance
Collection of Daniel Mechnig, to National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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; Exhibited at Hidden heritage : Afro-American art, 1800-1950. San Francisco: The Art Museum Association of America, 1985, catalogue contains B&W photo; 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.
Ox and Cows in a Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1885, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in.
Provenance
Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1886, oil on canvas 18 x 12 in.
Provenance
Sold by World Auction Gallery, East Meadow, NY on September 18, 2022
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Approaching Storm
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1886, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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. Number 41 in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art.
Untitled (Landscape with a Fast Running Brook)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1886, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold by Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC, Avon, CT on
November 12, 2022.
Untitled (Rhode Island Coastal Scene)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1885, oil on linen canvas, 12 x 20 in.
Provenance
Private collection in Rhode Island.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold by Swann Galleries, New York on 05 October 2017 for $40,000.
Path to the Sea
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1885-89, oil on linen canvas, 11x18 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1886, oil on canvas, 15 x 21 in.
1886, oil on canvas, 15 x 21 in.
Provenance
Kenkeleba House, New York
Kenkeleba House, New York
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House in 1992.
Rhode Island Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1886. Oil on burlap linen canvas, 12 x 16 in.
Provenance
Norton Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
In the smaller work from 1886, we find ourselves before a cluster of deep green trees rising over a path that leads to an open field adjacent to a body of water. The blue and white strokes upon the water reflect a sky dense with clouds; their color and the gestural brushstrokes that describe them suggest the threat of a storm. In contrast to the earlier painting, where summer greens and yellows are warmed by the brown under painting, this work is painted in cooler, blue tones characteristic of its subject. Both views exhibit Bannister’s enthusiasm for the pastoral paintings of the French Barbizon painters Camille Corot and François Millet. They also reveal Bannister’s colorful palette and the expressive brushwork he developed prior to the rise of Impressionism in the United States. By Glenn Tomlinson, William Randolph Hearst Curator of Education, Norton Museum of Art
Fisherman by Water
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1886, oil on canvas
1886, oil on canvas
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Pleasant Pastures
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1887, oil on canvas, 16 ⅛ x 24 in
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of G. William Miller
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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.
After the Shower
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1883-1887, oil on board, 9 x 10 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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 American Art in the Barbizon Mood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, on January 23 - April 20, 1975. "Bannister was at his most exciting in smaller sketches, such as After the Shower a vigorously expressive summary that, in the broadest sense of the term, is truly an impressionistic painting." - exhibition catalogue. 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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1887, oil on canvas, 13 x 23 ½ in.
Provenance
Harmon and Harriet Kelley Colloection.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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). Exhibited at 100 Works for 100 Years: A Centennial Celebration, Montclair Art Museum, 2014. Exhibited at Alexandre Gallery at The American Art Fair 2017.
Untitled
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c.1888, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
Provenance
Kenkeleba House, New York
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Untitled (Autumn Landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
1888, oil on canvas board, 16 ¼ x 21 in.
1888, oil on canvas board, 16 ¼ x 21 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Arlington Avenue
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1888, oil on artist board, 12 x 20 in.
Provenance
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY in 2001.
Road to a House with Red Roof
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1889, oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 24 in.
Provenance
RI Black Heritage Society in trust of Bannister house, to Museum of Art , Rhode Island School of Design.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1889, oil on canvas, 12 ½ x 10 ⅜ in.
Provenance
Edward S. Hope
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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.
Untitled (Launching rowboat on lake shore)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1889, 5 x 8 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at 100 Works for 100 Years: A Centennial Celebration, Montclair Art Museum, 2014. Exhibited at Alexandre Gallery at The American Art Fair 2017. Sold by CRN Auctions, Cambridge, MA on April 23, 2023.
Bath Road Cliff, Newport
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1889, oil on canvas, 28 x 46 in.
Provenance
Collection of Frederick G. and Marion E. Emerson
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1889, oil on canvas
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape Figures and Cows
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1889, oil on canvas, 24x36
Provenance
Francine and Marilyn Arob.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Hidden heritage : Afro-American art, 1800-1950. San Francisco: The Art Museum Association of America, 1985, #17.
Ledge off Baily's Beach
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890 Water Color, 7.5x10
Provenance
Walter O. Evans Collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Landscape with bridge)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, oil on linen canvas, 9 x 7 in.
Provenance
Private collection in Vermont. Sold by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on April 06, 2023.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Presenting Head of John the Baptist
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, oil on paper, mounted on paperboard, 9 3⁄4 x 13 1⁄2 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, May 1901, Collection of Gustine L. Hurd.
Newport, Rhode Island
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, oil on canvas, 181/8 x 26 in.
Provenance
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Dirt trail through the forest with figures seated in the shade)
Untitled (Dirt trail through the forest with figures seated in the shade)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, oil on canvas, 6 x 8 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Apple Trees in a Meadow
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in.
Provenance
Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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 (Shore landscape)
Untitled (Shore landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, oil on linen canvas, 8 ¼ x 16 ¼ in.
Provenance
Sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY on Oct. 08, 2019.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Morning on the River, Providence, RI
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, oil on linen canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Provenance
Collection Charles and Jean Coelho.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Boston Art Club, January 17 - February 14, 1891; Exhibited at “My Greatest Successes Have Come Through Her,” The Artistic Partnership of Edward and Christiana Bannister,” Gilbert Stuart Museum, Saunderstown, RI, 2018; The Providence School, Gritting, Imaginative and Enduring, Bert Gallery, Providence, July 11 - August 24, 2019; Sold at auction by Swann Galleries, New York on 04 June 2020 for $25,000.
Untitled (Woman at the Well)
Untitled (Woman at the Well)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1890, graphite and pastel on paper, 19 ¾ x 15 in.
Provenance
Collection of Allan S. Noonan, M.D.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901, 1992.
Road to the Valley
Road to the Valley
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Trees Near River
Trees Near River
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
After the Bath
After the Bath
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 25 ½ x 39 ½ in.
Provenance
Promised gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Harmon Kelley
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994 (San Antonio venue). After the Bath "uses strong oppositions of light and dark to present a more intimate rustic scene, animated by the unobtrusive interaction of the human figures and the parading geese." - exhibition catalogue. Mentioned by George W. Whitaker in his eulogy on Bannister as owned by Mr. Buffman.
Untitled (Pastoral landscape)
Untitled (Pastoral landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on linen canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Rocky Farm, Newport
Rocky Farm, Newport
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 10 1⁄4 x 16 1⁄4 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of George C. Kilton, May 1901
Untitled (Landscape with trees)
Untitled (Landscape with trees)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Provenance
Sold by Shannon's, Milford, CT on September 17, 2020. Private Collection, New York
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Leucothea Rescuing Ulysses
Leucothea Rescuing Ulysses
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 9 x12 in.
Provenance
Newport Hospital, Rhode Island
Newport Hospital, Rhode Island
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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)
Untitled (Boy and Man with Oxen)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 40 ⅛ x 60 ¼ in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Sunset Over the Marsh
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 13 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
Provenance
Sold at auction by Grogan & Company, Boston on December 07, 2009.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Cows by A Stream
Cows by A Stream
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in.
Provenance
Private Collection, New Jersey; sold at Auction on June 9, 2013 by Hindman.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Neutakonkanut
Neutakonkanut
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1891, watercolor on paper, 5 x 7 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Abraham and Faye Adler to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Morning on the Shore
Morning on the Shore
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1892, watercolor on paper, 9 x 14 in.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Miller Collection.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
The Farm Landing
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1892, oil on canvas, 30 ¼ x 40 ¼ in.
Provenance
The White House., Washington, D.C.
The White House., Washington, D.C.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
On the Seekonk
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1892, oil on canvas, 9 ¼ x 14 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Lloyd Granoff to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Crossing the Bridge before Sunset
Crossing the Bridge before Sunset
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, oil on linen canvas, 16 x 26 in.
Provenance
Ex-collection Benjamin E. Perry.
Ex-collection Benjamin E. Perry.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Untitled
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, watercolor on stiff wove paper, 4 ¾ x 11 ½ in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Fishing Folk, King Philip Rock, Mount Hope
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1892, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Provenance
Sold at auction by Grogan & Company, Boston on December 07, 2009
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Shoreline with Sailboats and Roof)
Untitled (Shoreline with Sailboats and Roof)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, oil on canvas, 14 x 24 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Joseph Sinclair to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Cows in a pasture
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold at Christie's, New York on 15 September 2005 for $54,000.
People Near Boat
People Near Boat
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, oil on canvas, 14 x 19 ⅞ in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Harvey Golden to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Hay Gatherers
Hay Gatherers
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, oil on canvas, 14 x 19 ⅞ in.
Provenance
Ed Shein to Norbert Fleisig to Nick Bruno in 2024 to Worcester Art Museum.
Ed Shein to Norbert Fleisig to Nick Bruno in 2024 to Worcester Art Museum.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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. Number 49 in Driskell, David. Two Centuries of Black American Art.
Untitled (Forest scene)
Untitled (Forest scene)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Michael Marks to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
Untitled (Rhode Island landscape)
Untitled (Rhode Island landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1893, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold at Swann Galleries, New York on 06 October 2011 for $31,200. "This fine example of Bannister's late painting in the 1890s shows his transition away from the Barbizon style of pastoral landscape. Influenced by impressionism, he became more interested in Portraying the atmospheric beauty of the New England landscape with a freer, more painterly approach." - catalogue description.
The Drinking-Pool (Three women at water)
The Drinking-Pool (Three women at water)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1894, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of Miss S.E. Usher, May 1901; Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister; The Barbizon School in Providence, Olney Street Baptist Church, Providence, August 1-15, 1965.
Jamestown Harbor at Sunset
Jamestown Harbor at Sunset
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas
Provenance
Jamestown Historical Society.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Homeward
Homeward
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 9 x 14 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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.
Cattle Grazing
Cattle Grazing
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 14 x 24 in.
Provenance
University Club, Providence, RI
University Club, Providence, RI
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Afternoon Pond
Afternoon Pond
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 15.25 x 28.75 in.
Provenance
Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection.
Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994.
The Old Homestead
The Old Homestead
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 36.5 x 56.5 in.
Provenance
Walter O. Evans Collection
Walter O. Evans Collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
At the Pawtuxet (By the Brook)
At the Pawtuxet (By the Brook)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 15 x 18 in.
Provenance
Providence Art Club, Gift of Mrs. James Elgan
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Landscape with Sailboat
Landscape with Sailboat
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 11 ¾ x 17 ½ in.
Provenance
Edward S. Hope
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Grazing in Tall Grass
Grazing in Tall Grass
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in.
Provenance
Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
Roger King Fine Arts, Newport, RI
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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
Salute
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 14 x 19 1⁄4 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Dr. Charles Mandell to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Shein to Dr. Charles Mandell to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
The Drinking-Pool (Man in cart with oxen at pool)
The Drinking-Pool (Man in cart with oxen at pool)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to Dr. Charles Mandell to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Shein to Dr. Charles Mandell to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister Memorial Exhibition, Collection of Waldo Stewart, May 1901
Reclining Cow
Reclining Cow
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas mounted on wood panel, 9 ¾ x 16 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Roses
Roses
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in.
Provenance
Kenkeleba Gallery, New York
Kenkeleba Gallery, New York
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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)
Untitled (Fall landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on linen canvas, 10 x 14 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape with Five Cows
Landscape with Five Cows
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, charcoal on paper, 5 ½ x 9 ½ in.
Provenance
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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, cows, field, ocean)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas 16 ¼ x 24 ⅛ in.
Provenance
Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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)
Untitled (Landscape and cloud study)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on cardstock board, 7 ¼ x 8 ¼ in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Rhode Island Landscape)
Untitled (Rhode Island Landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1895, oil on canvas, 34 x 44 in.
Provenance
Private New York Collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Sold at Swann Galleries, New York on 23 February 2010 for $33,600.
Mill at Knightsville
Mill at Knightsville
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1896, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in.
Provenance
Charles and Jean Coelho to Joseph K. Ott
Charles and Jean Coelho to Joseph K. Ott
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Edward Mitchell Bannister; The Barbizon School in Providence, Olney Street Baptist Church, Providence, August 1-15, 1965. Exhibited at Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist, Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott,March 23 -April 3, 1966; Exhibited at 4 from Providence: Bannister, Prophet, Alston, Jennings: Black artists in the Rhode Island social landscape, Rhode Island College, 1978; 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
October on the Pawtuxet, RI
October on the Pawtuxet, RI
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1896, oil on canvas, 15 x 28 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Homestead landscape with boat on pond at sunset)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1897, oil on canvas, 25 ¾ x 40 ½ in.
Provenance
Sold at Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL on May 06, 2023.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Landscape, trees by water)
Untitled (Landscape, trees by water)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1897, Watercolor with graphite on textured paper, 13 x 17 ¾ in
Provenance
Sold at auction by Swann Galleries, New York on 13 Feb 2014.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
The Plow
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1897, oil on canvas 11.5 x 17.5 in.
Provenance
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994.
By the Lake
By the Lake
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1897, oil on canvas, 10 x 12 in.
Provenance
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Landscape
Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1897, oil on canvas, 21 x 25 in.
Provenance
Savannah College of Art and Design
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Color image appears as plate 5 on on page 72 in Brownlee, Andrea Barnwell. "The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art." Seattle : Walter O. Evans Foundation for Art and Literature, 1999.
Untitled (Plow in the field)
Untitled (Plow in the field)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1897, oil on canvas, 11 ¼ x 17 ½ in
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Harmon and Harriet Kelley.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992. Exhibited at The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art. San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994 (San Antonio venue).
Untitled (Rhode Island Landscape)
Untitled (Rhode Island Landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1898, oil on canvas, 18 x 22 in.
Provenance
Kenkeleba Gallery, New York.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992, Cover image. 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 (Landscape with a boat)
Untitled (Landscape with a boat)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1898, oil on canvas, 6 x 9 ¼ in.
Provenance
Bill Hodges Gallery.
Bill Hodges Gallery.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at African-American artists: Bannister to Mitchell: February 6-April 3, 1999. New York: Bill Hodges Gallery, 1999; Exhibited at Edward M. Bannister: A Centennial Retrospective. Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, Newport, RI & Kenkeleba House, NY. 2001, Kenkeleba House, New York.
Swale Land
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1898, oil on canvas, 31 x 46 ⅛ in.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of G. William Miller.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of John W. Keefe, May 1901, Exhibited at Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Providence Artist, March 23 -April 3, 1966; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Selections of Nineteenth-Century Afro-American Art. 1976.
Seaweed Gatherers
Seaweed Gatherers
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1898, oil on canvas, 25 7⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in.
Provenance
Edward Shein to H. Alan and Melvin Frank to the Frederick Douglass Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of Miss Lizzie Early, May 1901; Exhibited at Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1985; Exhibited at Kenkeleba House, New York, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828–1901. New York: Kenkeleba House, 1992.
The Old Home
The Old Home
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1899 oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Provenance
Providence Art Club, Gift of Anne Ott
Providence Art Club, Gift of Anne Ott
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Exhibited at Providence Art Club, Edward Mitchell Bannister: Memorial Exhibition, Collection of Walter L. Munro, May 1901; Exhibited at 4 from Providence: Bannister, Prophet, Alston, Jennings: Black artists in the Rhode Island social landscape, Rhode Island College, 1978; 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.
Landscape
Landscape
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1899, oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Summer Twilight
Summer Twilight
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1899, oil on canvas, 14 x 19 ½ in.
Provenance
Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Color image appears as plate 6 on on page 73 in Brownlee, Andrea Barnwell. "The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art." Seattle : Walter O. Evans Foundation for Art and Literature, 1999.
Untitled (Sheep and farm buildings)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1900, oil on canvas, 5 x 7 in.
Provenance
Private collection; unsold by Swann Auction Galleries on Feb 19, 2008, Sale 2136, lot 2.
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
Untitled (Pastoral landscape)
Date, Dimensions, Medium
c. 1900, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in.
Provenance
Sold by Swann Auctions, New York, 19 Feb 2008
Exhibition and Bibliographic History
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