Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits . ts death, we find among the owners of his paintings many namesthat are subsequently associated with the Museum of Art at the Rhode IslandSchool of Design. Although Bannister worked for years on a large canvas of Christ in theGarden of Gethsemane, it is for his New England landscapes that he isremembered best. In the latter part of the eighteenth century, Jean-JacquesRousseau had sounded the call of back to nature, and, in the reactionagainst the ugliness of the Industrial Revolution, the back-to-nature idea tookroot and became one of the more popular nine
Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits . ts death, we find among the owners of his paintings many namesthat are subsequently associated with the Museum of Art at the Rhode IslandSchool of Design. Although Bannister worked for years on a large canvas of Christ in theGarden of Gethsemane, it is for his New England landscapes that he isremembered best. In the latter part of the eighteenth century, Jean-JacquesRousseau had sounded the call of back to nature, and, in the reactionagainst the ugliness of the Industrial Revolution, the back-to-nature idea tookroot and became one of the more popular nineteenth-century escape mecha-nisms. So it was natural that Banninster, who loved the sea and the outdoors,settled on these as his subjects. Most of Bannisters landscapes are bucolic, and he avoided the overtintrusion of grandeur into his pictures that was popular in the Hudson RiverSchool, which glorified and romanticized nature. Although Bannister obviouslyenjoyed the picturesque, he did not look at nature merely as a pleasing setting. Portrait of John Brown (detail) by David Bustill Bow-ser. Signed and dated 1858. (Collection of HarpersFerry National Historical Park, W. Va. Courtesy, Na-tional Park Service) .... •- Viv;/ ! Lady with Bouquet by Edward Mitchell Bannister.(Courtesy, Providence Art Club) 103 rr) c 1 -0P
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