Black Lives Matter No.4
93 Benevolent Street, Providence, Rhode Island
One mindless Sunday evening, I just felt like doing nothing but channel surfing.
MSNBC. My brain is already fried from political talking heads. Click. Tennis, I don’t think so. Click. Reruns of Mash.
Click. Antique Road Show.
That’s an easy watch and I enjoy how people react to the value of objects that they brought to the show.
A painting by Edward Bannister was being appraised
“An African American artist born in Atlantic Canada...”
I bolted awake ever so fast and had to find out more about this painting and the artist.
Edward Bannister was born in St. Andrew, New Brunswick in 1828. His father was from Barbados and his mother
was from Scotland. He was an orphan at age 16 and lived with a foster family until he was 24, when like lots of men in those times, he “went to sea.”
Edward eventually settled in Boston in the late 1840’s, learning to be a barber and a painter. In 1857, he married Christianna Cartreux. They had no children.
Christianna was a descendant of enslaved African and Nagansett Indians. She had a brief marriage to Desiline Cartreaux, believed to be of Caribbean origin.
She was a business entrepreneur, hairdresser, wig maker, abolitionist, and philanthropist. She encouraged Edward to focus on his painting, full time.
Edward won first prize at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 for his painting, “Under the Oaks”.
The judges tried to hold the award when they discovered he was black. His fellow artists forced the judges to give Edward the medal.
Some of his paintings are at Brown University in Providence, The National Museum of Art in DC and I believe at the Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Once I searched the National Museum for his paintings but they were on loan.
Edward had a heart attack while attending a prayer service at Elmwood Avenue Baptist Church in Providence. He is buried in the North Burial Ground.
His fellow artists erected a 10’ high memorial at his grave site. Christianna died a few years late penniless. She was first buried in an unmarked grave but was eventually reburied next the Edward.
This was their home for fifteen years. It was built in 1854 and was recently purchased and renovated by Brown University.
93 Benevolent Street, Providence, Rhode Island
One mindless Sunday evening, I just felt like doing nothing but channel surfing.
MSNBC. My brain is already fried from political talking heads. Click. Tennis, I don’t think so. Click. Reruns of Mash.
Click. Antique Road Show.
That’s an easy watch and I enjoy how people react to the value of objects that they brought to the show.
A painting by Edward Bannister was being appraised
“An African American artist born in Atlantic Canada...”
I bolted awake ever so fast and had to find out more about this painting and the artist.
Edward Bannister was born in St. Andrew, New Brunswick in 1828. His father was from Barbados and his mother
was from Scotland. He was an orphan at age 16 and lived with a foster family until he was 24, when like lots of men in those times, he “went to sea.”
Edward eventually settled in Boston in the late 1840’s, learning to be a barber and a painter. In 1857, he married Christianna Cartreux. They had no children.
Christianna was a descendant of enslaved African and Nagansett Indians. She had a brief marriage to Desiline Cartreaux, believed to be of Caribbean origin.
She was a business entrepreneur, hairdresser, wig maker, abolitionist, and philanthropist. She encouraged Edward to focus on his painting, full time.
Edward won first prize at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 for his painting, “Under the Oaks”.
The judges tried to hold the award when they discovered he was black. His fellow artists forced the judges to give Edward the medal.
Some of his paintings are at Brown University in Providence, The National Museum of Art in DC and I believe at the Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Once I searched the National Museum for his paintings but they were on loan.
Edward had a heart attack while attending a prayer service at Elmwood Avenue Baptist Church in Providence. He is buried in the North Burial Ground.
His fellow artists erected a 10’ high memorial at his grave site. Christianna died a few years late penniless. She was first buried in an unmarked grave but was eventually reburied next the Edward.
This was their home for fifteen years. It was built in 1854 and was recently purchased and renovated by Brown University.
93 Benevolent Street, Providence, Rhode Island
One mindless Sunday evening, I just felt like doing nothing but channel surfing.
MSNBC. My brain is already fried from political talking heads. Click. Tennis, I don’t think so. Click. Reruns of Mash.
Click. Antique Road Show.
That’s an easy watch and I enjoy how people react to the value of objects that they brought to the show.
A painting by Edward Bannister was being appraised
“An African American artist born in Atlantic Canada...”
I bolted awake ever so fast and had to find out more about this painting and the artist.
Edward Bannister was born in St. Andrew, New Brunswick in 1828. His father was from Barbados and his mother
was from Scotland. He was an orphan at age 16 and lived with a foster family until he was 24, when like lots of men in those times, he “went to sea.”
Edward eventually settled in Boston in the late 1840’s, learning to be a barber and a painter. In 1857, he married Christianna Cartreux. They had no children.
Christianna was a descendant of enslaved African and Nagansett Indians. She had a brief marriage to Desiline Cartreaux, believed to be of Caribbean origin.
She was a business entrepreneur, hairdresser, wig maker, abolitionist, and philanthropist. She encouraged Edward to focus on his painting, full time.
Edward won first prize at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 for his painting, “Under the Oaks”.
The judges tried to hold the award when they discovered he was black. His fellow artists forced the judges to give Edward the medal.
Some of his paintings are at Brown University in Providence, The National Museum of Art in DC and I believe at the Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Once I searched the National Museum for his paintings but they were on loan.
Edward had a heart attack while attending a prayer service at Elmwood Avenue Baptist Church in Providence. He is buried in the North Burial Ground.
His fellow artists erected a 10’ high memorial at his grave site. Christianna died a few years late penniless. She was first buried in an unmarked grave but was eventually reburied next the Edward.
This was their home for fifteen years. It was built in 1854 and was recently purchased and renovated by Brown University.