Landscape near Newport, R. I.

Edward Mitchell Bannister, Landscape near Newport, R. I., ca. 1877-1878, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ronald E. Deal, 1983.95.119
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Landscape near Newport, R. I., ca. 1877-1878, oil on canvas, 12 1⁄8 x 26 in. (30.9 x 65.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ronald E. Deal, 1983.95.119
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Artwork Details

Title
Landscape near Newport, R. I.
Artist
Date
ca. 1877-1878
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
12 1⁄8 x 26 in. (30.9 x 65.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ronald E. Deal
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Landscape — Rhode Island — Newport
  • Architecture — boat — sailboat
  • Landscape — beach
Object Number
1983.95.119
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.95.119

Artwork Description

In 1870, Edward Bannister and his wife moved from Boston to Providence, Rhode Island. The state capital had a rapidly growing immigrant population at that time, and African Americans struggled for job opportunities. Despite these difficult circumstances, Bannister established himself by tapping into the market for pastoral landscape scenes, fashionable among wealthy Providence patrons. Dealer Seth M. Vose popularized these works by importing Barbizon paintings from France to Rhode Island. (Hartigan, Sharing Traditions, 1985)

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Jacob Maentel, Portrait of Elizabeth Sweitzer Musser, ca. 1826, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz, 2019.6.5
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Jacob Maentel, Portrait of Adam Musser, ca. 1822, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz, 2019.6.9
Portrait of Adam Musser
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Dateca. 1822
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Not on view
Jacob Maentel, Portrait of George Musser, ca. 1826, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz, 2019.6.4
Portrait of George Musser
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Dateca. 1826
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Not on view
Jacob Maentel, Portrait of Sarah Musser, 1826, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz, 2019.6.6
Portrait of Sarah Musser
Artist
Date1826
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Not on view

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