Robert S. Duncanson

(1821 - 1872)

Robert Seldon Duncanson  was a 19th-century American landscapist of European and African ancestry. Inspired by famous American landscape artists like Thomas Cole, Duncanson created renowned landscape paintings and is considered a second generation Hudson River School artist. Duncanson spent the majority of his career in Cincinnati, Ohio and helped develop the Ohio River Valley landscape tradition. As a free black man in antebellum America, Duncanson engaged the abolitionist community in America and England to support and promote his work. Duncanson is considered the first African-American artist to be internationally known. 

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Land of the Lotus Eaters
1861
Oil on canvas
52-3/4 x 88-5/8 in
Swedish Royal Collection, Stockholm