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Landscape with Campsite

oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
15 5/8 x 26 3/8 in. (39.7 x 67.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Landscape with Cows Watering in a Stream

1871
oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 34 1/2 in. (53.7 x 87.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Landscape with Family by Lake

1858
oil on canvas
12 x 17 in. (30.5 x 43.2 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
During the late 1850s, Robert S. Duncanson painted romantic views of the Ohio River valley, near his home in Cincinnati. Images like Landscape with Family by Lake showed people enjoying nature in peaceful settings, suggesting the nineteenth-century faith that God created the wilderness for man to enjoy. The setting sun infuses the tree in the...
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Landscape with Lake

1864
oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 24 5/8 in. (36.0 x 62.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Landscape with Rainbow

1859
oil on canvas
30 x 52 1/4 in. (76.3 x 132.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Landscape with Sheep

oil on canvas
32 1/4 x 44 1/8 in. (81.9 x 112.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Landscape with Sheep was inspired by the countryside around Robert S. Duncanson’s home in Cincinnati. He painted domestic scenes of farmland to emphasize the beauty and perfection of nature and its relationship to man. In this image he created a gentle landscape bathed in soft pinks and yellows to create an intimate, enticing view. Scenes like this...
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Landscape with Shepherd

1852
oil on canvas
32 1/2 x 48 1/4 in. (82.6 x 122.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Loch Long

1867
oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 33 11/16 in. 25 7/8 x 39 5/8 in. (framed)

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Indianapolis, IN

notes
This scene is typical of Hudson River School painting in its inclusion of small figures, misty mountains, sun-dappled shore, and expansive vista. Duncanson produced a series of Scottish landscapes stimulated by his travels and the literature of Sir Walter Scott.
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Mount Healthy, Ohio

1844
oil on canvas
28 x 36 1/4 in. (71.1 x 92.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Mountain Pool

1870
oil on canvas
11 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. (28.3 x 50.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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