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Robert S. Duncanson

1821 - 1872

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Robert Seldon Duncanson (c. 1821 – December 21, 1872) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert S. Duncanson is the 1,992nd most popular painter (up from 1,999th in 2019), the 13,172nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,073rd in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 1,992 out of 2,023Before him are Wayne Thiebaud, Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Joana Vasconcelos, Edwin Lord Weeks, Thomas Sully, and Worthington Whittredge. After him are Elizabeth Catlett, Frederick McCubbin, Valentin Yudashkin, Marc Quinn, Eastman Johnson, and Milo Moiré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 97Before him are Jan van Beers, Joseph Noel Paton, Mathilde Marchesi, Robert O'Hara Burke, Churchill Babington, and Daniel Harvey Hill. After him is Old Tom Morris. Among people deceased in 1872, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 75Before him are Lowell Mason, José Burgos, Edward James Roye, Thomas C. Jerdon, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, and Thomas Sully.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 13,176 out of 20,380Before him are Lillian Russell (1860), Anna Camp (1982), Hailee Steinfeld (1996), Diane Williams (1960), Mary MacLaren (1900), and Errol Morris (1948). After him are Hal Hartley (1959), William Few (1748), Steve Antin (1958), Elvin Bishop (1942), Ernie Sabella (1949), and Mike Rotunda (1958).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 149Before him are Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), George Luks (1867), Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), and Worthington Whittredge (1820). After him are Elizabeth Catlett (1915), Eastman Johnson (1824), Jacob Lawrence (1917), Kari Byron (1974), Thomas Kinkade (1958), and Lauren Faust (1974).