Edward Bannister Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Edward Bannister Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 16, 2023
Edward Mitchell Bannister. Autumn Landscape, oil
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
(Canadian, 1833-1901). Oil on board, signed "EM Bannister" lr, sheet size: 11 x 12 in., unframed.
Alex Cooper
Feb. 25, 2023
Edward Mitchell Bannister. Cows in Landscape, oil
Est: $10,000 - $20,000
(Canadian/American, 1833-1901). Oil on panel, signed "EM Bannister" lr, 8 x 10 in., framed.
Alex Cooper
Nov. 05, 2022
EDWARD MITCHELL BANNISTER, (American, 1828-1901), Cows Grazing Under the Oaks, 1893, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., frame: 35 3/4 x 47 3/4 in.
Est: $50,000 - $80,000
EDWARD MITCHELL BANNISTER (American, 1828-1901) Cows Grazing Under the Oaks 1893, oil on canvas signed and dated E.M. Bannister 93 lower right
Grogan & Company
Dec. 04, 2021
Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901, Landscape
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Edward Mitchell Bannister 1828-1901 Landscape 1882 oil on panel 12 x 16 inches signed and dated original frame Provenance: Shannon's Auction, Milford, CT, November 19, 2020, lot 132, to a private collection, New York
Black Art Auction
Oct. 09, 2021
Edward Mitchell Bannister oil River at Dusk
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Bannister, Edward Mitchell (American, 1828-1901), River at Dusk, oil on canvas, 17.75 x 29.75 inches, signed E. M. Bannister lower left, farmed in a period neo-classical revival gilded frame measuring 25.5 x 37 inches, Bannister born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada is best known today for his tonalist landscapes and coastal scenes of Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. He was of mixed race, his father from Barbados and his mother from New Brunswick. His father died in 1832 and his mother in 1844. Thereafter, Bannister and his younger brother, William, went to live on the farm of Harris Hatch, a wealthy merchant. Although his mother had encouraged his interest in sketching and water color, and Hatch further exposed the brothers to music, literature, and art, both brothers went to seas, which was customary for the young men of St. Andrews. In 1848, Bannister and William moved to Boston, where he opened a barbershop for the black community. In 1857 he married Christiana Carteaux, a Narragansett Indian who was born in North Kingston, Rhode Island. She was a wig maker and operated a hair dressing salon in Boston. As the story goes, he had met her when he had applied for work at her salon in 1853. Bannister attributed much of his success as an artist to her critical eye, business acumen and her strong support of him as an artist. In 1858, Bannister was listed as an artist in Boston's city directory and was a member of Boston's black art community, along with sculptor Edmonia Lewis, portraitist Nelson A. Primus, and William H. Simpson. Circa 1862 spent a year in New York City studying finishing and enlarging daguerreotypes, tinting photos and working as a photographer, which he continued upon his return to Boston. More importantly, though, he continued painting and in 1864 was commissioned to paint the portrait of Prudence Nelson Bell, a former slave whose freedom her granddaughter’s husband bought and then brought her to Boston. Bannister also painted a portrait of Robert Gould Shaw, an abolitionist, who was in command of the 54th Massachusetts regiment, the first all-black regiment in the Northeast. Bannister was a self-taught artist, never having taken lessons in painting, although he studied anatomy with the well-known doctor and artist William Rimmer at the Lowell Institute in Boston. Bannister adopted a tonalist style, perhaps influenced by Boston artist William Morris Hunt, who was a proponent of the French Barbizon plein air style of painting. In 1869 the Bannisters moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where he concentrated on landscape painting. He became friends with the "Dean of the Providence Painters", George William Whitaker, and Charles Stetson. Bannister himself was one of the most respected artists in Providence. In 1878 he was appointed to the board of the Rhode Island School of Design and in 1880, Bannister and other artists founded the Providence Art Club. They held their first meeting in Bannister’s studio. He loved sailing and owned a sloop, the “Fanchon”, which he sailed in the Narragansett Bay while sketching and painting. Bannister exhibited Boston Art Club (1860s); the Centennial International Exposition of 1876 (Philadelphia, PA, bronze medal); Providence Art Club; Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1872, 1881, 1888, medals); and the National Academy of Design (NYC, 1879).
Concept Art Gallery
May. 22, 2021
Edward Bannister, 1828-1901, Expansive Landscape
Est: $2,750 - $3,250
Edward Bannister 1828-1901 Expansive Landscape c. 1880 watercolor on board 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches signed
Black Art Auction
Nov. 24, 2019
Edward Bannister Untitled Pastoral Landscape
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Edward Bannister (1828-1901) Untitled (Pastoral Landscape), 1881 oil on board signed and dated 4-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches framed Originally from Canada, Bannister settled in Boston at the age of 20 and studied at the Lowell Institute with William Rimmer. He eventually moved to Providence, Rhode Island with his wife, Christiana Cartreaux, a Narragansett Indian. In 1876, his painting, Under the Oaks won first prize at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition and caused considerable disruption. Bannister emerged with his title upheld and career as a serious artist firmly established. He co-founded the Providence Art Club and continued to paint with considerable community support. Bannister was the only major African-American artist of the late nineteenth century who developed his talents without the benefit of European exposure. Free within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art in Association with Pomegranate Art Books, 1992)
Treadway Gallery
Jan. 19, 2019
EDWARD MITCHELL BANNISTER OIL ON ARTIST BOARD
Est: $700 - $1,200
EDWARD MITCHELL BANNISTER, 1828 - 01, AFRICAN AMERICAN RHODE ISLAND, OIL ON ARTIST BOARD, COWS IN WATERING HOLE, H 7", W 9":Untitled, circa 1890's. Signed in the lower right corner; framed.
DuMouchelles
Nov. 21, 2015
Edward Bannister Impressionist Landscape Painting
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
MASSACHUSETTS, 1828-1901 Oil on board impressionist painting of a landscape. Signed lower right hand corner "E.M. Bannister".
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 18, 2012
EDWARD M. BANNISTER (1828 - 1901) Untitled (Landscape and Cloud Study).
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
EDWARD M. BANNISTER (1828 - 1901) Untitled (Landscape and Cloud Study). Oil on cardstock board, circa 1895. 184x210 mm; 7 1/4x8 1/4 inches. Initialed in oil, lower right. Provenance: private New York collection. Bannister often painted small oil studies en plein air that focused on clouds and weather patterns in the sky. The Smitnsonian American Art Museum collection of Bannister paintings includes other small oil on boards of surnrises, sunsets, and storms, including a very similar, undated oil, After the Shower.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 18, 2012
EDWARD M. BANNISTER (1828 - 1901) Untitled (Autumn Landscape).
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
EDWARD M. BANNISTER (1828 - 1901) Untitled (Autumn Landscape). Oil on canvas board, 1888. 413x535 mm; 10 1/2x13 5/8 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right. Provenance: private New York collection. Bannister's unusual autumn scene of trees rich wtih fall foliage depicts a landscape in a limited palette of golden ochre and sienna. Bannister began to explore more atmospheric and tonal painterly effects in his late 1880s and early 1890s landscapes. Bannister's Landscape with Clouds, undated, and Crossing the Bridge Before Sunset, 1893, both exhibited in Edward M. Bannister--A Centennial Retrospective, Roger King Gallery and Kenkeleba House, 2001, also share this overall golden hue and painterliness.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 09, 2008
Edward Bannister (1820-1916): 'Sketches from
Est: £300 - £400
Edward Bannister (1820-1916): 'Sketches from Nature', an album of approx 115 watercolour views inc. Scarborough Whitby Harrogate Matlock Oban etc ranging in date from 1840-1905 each approx 12cm x 19cm
David Duggleby