Edward Mitchell Bannister
Edward Mitchell Bannister
1828 - 1901
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BiographyBannister was born in New Brunswick but settled in Boston and quickly became the first African-American artist to be recognized as an American regionalist painter. He moved to Providence, Rhode Island where he was one of the three founders of the Providence Arts Club. Primarily a landscape artist, his style ranged from naturalistic to expressionistic. [Getty ULAN]
