Edward Mitchell Bannister, Train, ca. 1875-1880, oil on canvas, 6 x 8 1⁄4 in. (15.3 x 21.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Frederick and Joan Slatsky, 1983.95.107
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Train
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1875-1880
- Location
- Dimensions
- 6 x 8 1⁄4 in. (15.3 x 21.0 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frederick and Joan Slatsky
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Architecture — bridge
- Landscape — river
- Architecture — vehicle — train
- Object Number
- 1983.95.107
Artwork Description
Edward Bannister’s painting shows a train cutting through a rural landscape, where a railroad trestle interrupts the flow of the stream below. These familiar signs of progress in the nineteenth-century landscape highlight a concern shared by many of Bannister’s fellow painters, who worried that industrialization would soon destroy their nation’s natural beauty.
