Artist

Edward Mitchell Bannister

born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901
Media - portrait_image_113759.jpg - 89900
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Sandra and Jacob Terner
Also known as
  • Edward M. Bannister
  • E. M. Bannister
Born
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Died
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Active in
  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Biography

Bannister created a sensation when one of his paintings won first prize at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. He was also a respected and knowledgeable art critic.

Paintings by African Americans from the collection of the National Museum of American Art: A Book of Postcards (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art in cooperation with Pomegranate Artbooks, 1991)

Works by this artist (22 items)

Sam Gilliam, Swing, 1969, acrylic and aluminum on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Edwin Janss, Jr., 1973.189
Swing
Date1969
acrylic and aluminum on canvas
On view
Sam Gilliam, G.D.S., 1978, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald A. Brown, 1978.168.39, © 1978, Sam Gilliam
G.D.S.
Date1978
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Sam Gilliam, Campus Center View, 1967-1977, painted fiber and paper, wood, stone, fabric, and plastic assembled on wood base in plexiglass case, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1979.159.42
Campus Center View
Date1967-1977
painted fiber and paper, wood, stone, fabric, and plastic assembled on wood base in plexiglass case
Not on view
Sam Gilliam, Art Ramp Angle Brown, 1978, acrylic and oil enamel on canvas and nylon, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1979.159.41
Art Ramp Angle Brown
Date1978
acrylic and oil enamel on canvas and nylon
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1912.5.1 - SAAM-1912.5.1_1 - 45177
Grand Salon Installation-Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 5, 2009November 11, 2013
This installation in the Renwick Gallery's Grand Salon displays seventy paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, including landscapes, portraits, and allegorical works by fifty-one American artists from the 1840s to the 1930s.