Edward Mitchell Bannister
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Drawing on paper, 9 x 9 1/2 in. Attributed or manner of Edward Mitchell Bannister (b. 1828 sometimes listed as 1826 or 1833- d. 1901)He was the best-known landscape painter associated with Rhode Island in the late 1800s, and was the first African-American artist to win national recognition. At the Philadelphia World Centennial of 1876, Edward Bannister was the only New England artist to win a bronze medal.Born and raised in the small seaport town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, Bannister had a long path to becoming a fine artist and ultimately attributed his art talents to his belief in God. He was the son of a black man from Barbados and a white woman from Canada. All British provinces abolished slavery shortly after Bannister's birth, giving him the latitude to develop his interest for art, studying the major established artists, while living as a free Black. His mother encouraged his interest in art, and he made his earliest studies, in drawing and watercolor, at the age of ten. Harris Hutch introduced Bannister and his brother to the classics of music, literature, and art.
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Edward Mitchell Bannister
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