Untitled (forest scene with bridge, cows in stream in foreground)1897
Edward Mitchell Bannister painted this in 1897, aged 69. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. More about this work
About this work
Edward Mitchell Bannister painted this in 1897, aged 69. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.
How it was made
- Oil paint
- Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.
Edward Mitchell Bannister
born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901
Bannister grew up in St Andrews, New Brunswick, moved to Boston and worked as a barber while training as a painter. Around 1870 he settled in Providence, Rhode Island, where his pastoral landscapes, influenced by the French Barbizon painters, found admirers. His Under the Oaks won a first-prize medal at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, making him the first African American artist to win a major national award. He helped found the Providence Art Club.
Written by Ochre Editions.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1983.95.144
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
