Bright Scene of Cattle near Stream

Object Details

Artist

Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901

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Although he never traveled abroad, Edward Bannister was influenced by nineteenth-century French landscape paintings from the Barbizon school. The Barbizon artists rejected the position held by the conservative French Academy, which did not consider landscape painting a noteworthy facet of art. In Bright Scene of Cattle near Stream, Bannister painted a peaceful view of three cattle grazing in a lush field, celebrating the beauty and majesty of nature in bucolic settings.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Melvin and H. Alan Frank from the Frank Family Collection

n.d.

Object number

1983.104.2

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

22 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. (56.5 x 92.1 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Landscape\river

Animal\cattle

Record ID

saam_1983.104.2

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73a774d47-e253-4898-8e7d-2cc8abc706c6