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Edward Mitchell Bannister

Portrait of Christiana Carteaux Bannister
Now On View

Maker

Edward Mitchell Bannister (American, b. in Canada 1828 - 1901)

Culture

American

Title

Portrait of Christiana Carteaux Bannister

Year

ca. 1860

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Geography

Origin: United States of America

Dimensions

88.9 x 65.7 cm (35 x 25 7/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Edward M. Bannister Foundation

Object Number

2016.38.1

Type

  • Paintings

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Nicole Eisenman
Tonight We Are Going Out And We Are All Getting Hammered
Nov 01, 2019 – May 01, 2021
Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

Bannister, a founder of the Providence Art Club, became the first African American artist to win a major national award when he received a medal at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Critics described his winning landscape as a “simple composition, quiet in tone but with strong oppositions”-characteristics that apply to this portrait of his wife.

Professionally known as Madame Carteaux, Mrs. Bannister was a Rhode Islander of African American and Narragansett descent. She was a successful hairdresser and entrepreneur, active in both artistic and abolitionist circles. In 1864, she organized an important fundraising fair to benefit the African American cavalry regiments of Massachusetts.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Edward Mitchell Bannister (American, b. in Canada 1828 - 1901)
Portrait of Christiana Carteaux Bannister, ca. 1860
oil on canvas
88.9 x 65.7 cm (35 x 25 7/8 inches)
Gift of the Edward M. Bannister Foundation 2016.38.1

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