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Edward Mitchell Bannister (November 2, 1828 – January 9, 1901) was a Canadian-born New England oil painter of the American Barbizon school. He and his his wife Christiana were active in African-American communities, such as the abolitionism. He won first prize at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and was a founding member of the Providence Art Club and the Rhode Island School of Design. His style and pastoral subjects were influenced by Millet and the French Barbizon School and he also looked to the seaside for inspiration for his often experimental and Idealistic use of color and atmosphere. He was a photographer and portraitist before progressing to landscapes. His style eventually fell out of favor he and Christiana moved out of College Hill in Providence to Boston and then a smaller house in Providence. He was overlooked after his death in 1901, until the National Museum of African Art and others returned him to national attention in the 1960s and 1970s.