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| Keywords: Edward Mitchell Bannister - Boston Street Scene (Boston Common) - Walters 372766.jpg For years Bannister painted landscapes with muted colors that recalled the works of the French Barbizon school so popular among New England collectors during the second half of the 19th century However in one of his last works which he painted during a stay in Boston in the late 1890s Bannister adopted a much more vivid palette Bannister the son of a black immigrant from Barbados and his Scottish-Canadian wife was born in St Andrews New Brunswick Canada Initially a seaman he settled in Boston where he eked out a living as a hairdresser and as a hand-tinter of photographs With the encouragement of his wife he turned to painting and for a while shared a studio with Edwin Lord Weeks His atmospheric landscapes found a ready market especially in Boston At the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876 Bannister received a first-place medal He was the first African-American artist to win a national award but the judges were surprised by his ethnic background Bannister resided in Providence Rhode Island where he became one of the seven founding members of the Providence Art Club an institution that still flourishes today 1898-99 oil on panel cm 20 32 13 97 accession number 37 2766 4695 Kenkeleba House Inc New York Walters Art Museum 2002 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the Eddie and Sylvia Brown Challenge Grant and matching funds 2002 place of origin Boston Massachusetts USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Edward Mitchell Bannister Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Off the Wall Baltimore Paintings of Massachusetts | ||||
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