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Landscape with Shepherd  1852

by Robert S. Duncanson

A descendant of African-American slaves, Duncanson was born in upstate New York into a family of carpenters and housepainters. As an artist he was self-taught and established a successful career in the Midwest, especially in Cincinnati, where he painted portraits and, increasingly, landscapes that exhibit the strong influence of Thomas Cole. Duncanson painted many pictures...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art