# 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._

3 works in the collection.

- [Untitled (landscape with rocks)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/untitled-landscape-with-rocks-si-saam-1983-95-135), Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1898. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Cows](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cows-si-saam-1983-95-138), Edward Mitchell Bannister, n.d.. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Untitled (forest scene with bridge, cows in stream in foreground)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/untitled-forest-scene-with-bridge-cows-in-stream-in-foregrou-si-saam-1983-95-144), Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1897. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.