Untitled (cattle near river with sailboat in distance)
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Object Details
- Artist
- Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901
- Luce Center Label
- Edward Mitchell Bannister was greatly influenced by the French Barbizon school, whose serene depiction of nature and idealized pastoral subjects appealed to his belief in the underlying harmony of all creation. Bannister preferred painting the play of light and the effects of weather on the natural world, often using muted colors and soft depictions of light and shadow. In this untitled work, the dark cluster of trees contrasts with the light-colored clouds, the cows with the bright flock of sheep and river. But within Bannister’s balanced, harmonious composition the lively brushstrokes of the leaves suggest a restless breeze that animates the overcast scene.
- Luce Object Quote
- "Very few persons trouble themselves about […] reading the great three-leaved book of nature—of land, and sky, and water—as the artist reads it, reverently and lovingly, noting all the varying moods of the elements." The artist, quoted in "The Artist and His Critics," The Ann-Eliza Club, Providence, RI. April 15, 1886
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank
- n.d.
- Object number
- 1983.95.98
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 14 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (36.0 x 51.0 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\farm
- Landscape\water
- Animal\goat
- Animal\cattle
- Record ID
- saam_1983.95.98
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7955b7fc6-8853-45ae-a91d-9aea33225924
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