ART WIKI
Seaweed Gatherers, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1898?
Edward Mitchell Bannister, portraitEdward Mitchell BannisterAmerican, 1828–1901

Seaweed Gatherers

1898? · Painting · 65.7 × 50.6 cm

May one see it?

Unknown

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

About the painting

This scene of a worker pushing his wheelbarrow is similar to the paintings of French artist Jean-François Millet, whose landscapes celebrated rural scenes and the nobility of peasant life. Edward Bannister praised Millet as “the profoundest, most sympathetic, and deeply religious artistic spirit of our time.” (Hartigan, Sharing Traditions, 1985). Millet’s scenes of peasant life commented on industrialization by showing hardworking country folk, who embodied the moral values that were swiftly fading from urban centers. In Seaweed Gatherers, Bannister positioned his worker in the center of the composition so that he and his cart take on monumental proportions, heightening the viewer’s identification with him.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Particulars

Accession number
1983.95.149

What it shows

SeaweedLandscapeCoastFarmsOccupationsHarvestingManTools

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingImpressionism19th century

Sources

More by Edward Mitchell Bannister

All works
Dorchester 1856, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1856

Dorchester 1856

1856 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sunset, Edward Mitchell Bannister, ca. 1875-1880

Sunset

ca. 1875-1880 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sunset Scene, Edward Mitchell Bannister, ca. 1875-1885

Sunset Scene

ca. 1875-1885 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Newport, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1877-1882

Newport

1877-1882 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cove at Sunset, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880-1900

Cove at Sunset

1880-1900 · Harvard Art Museums

Woman Walking down Path, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1882

Woman Walking down Path

1882 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Untitled (landscape, man on horse), Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1884

Untitled (landscape, man on horse)

1884 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Palmer River, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1885

Palmer River

1885 · National Gallery of Art

Neighbors at Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum page
Muskrat, Unidentified, before 1997

Unidentified

Muskrat, before 1997

Cane with Boot-Shaped Handle, Unidentified, late 19th-early 20th century

Unidentified

Cane with Boot-Shaped Handle, late 19th-early 20th century

San Jose, Arce group, late 19th-early 20th century

Arce group

San Jose, late 19th-early 20th century

Nuestra Senora del Carmen, Rivera group, ca. late 19th-early 20th century

Rivera group

Nuestra Senora del Carmen, ca. late 19th-early 20th century

San Rafael, Genaro Rivera Aviles, late 19th-early 20th century

Genaro Rivera Aviles

San Rafael, late 19th-early 20th century

Worrying Mother Pig Toy, Unidentified, 20th century (pre-1960s)

Unidentified

Worrying Mother Pig Toy, 20th century (pre-1960s)

Bright Light at Russell's Corners, George Ault, 1946

George Ault

Bright Light at Russell's Corners, 1946

Fish Decoy, Unidentified, ca. 1940s

Unidentified

Fish Decoy, ca. 1940s

On the same theme · Seaweed

All works on the theme
Shells and seaweed, Beatrix Potter, ca.1885

Beatrix Potter

Shells and seaweed, ca.1885

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Gathering Seaweed, Frederick Richard Lee, ca. 1836

Frederick Richard Lee

Gathering Seaweed, ca. 1836

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Carting seaweed on the coast of Guernsey, Edward Duncan, 1853

Edward Duncan

Carting seaweed on the coast of Guernsey, 1853

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Sprites of the Sea, Emily Gertrude Thomson, 1875

Emily Gertrude Thomson

Sprites of the Sea, 1875

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Seaweed Gatherers, Howard Russell Butler, 1886

Howard Russell Butler

The Seaweed Gatherers, 1886

Smithsonian American Art Museum