Robert Seldon Duncanson

Robert Seldon Duncanson
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(1821–1872) amerikansk landskapsmålare

Robert Seldon Duncanson (USA, 1821–1872) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, Robert Seldon Duncanson belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Robert Seldon Duncanson was born in Fayette and died in Detroit. Robert Seldon Duncanson worked in Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, and Cincinnati. Wikidata associates Robert Seldon Duncanson with Hudson River school. Robert Seldon Duncanson became a member of Hudson River school.

The best-known works include ‘A Dream of Italy’ and ‘Landscape with Rainbow’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, portrait, and still life. The catalogue has 71 works by Robert Seldon Duncanson with free images. The dated works span the years 1842–1871. Works by Robert Seldon Duncanson are held by several collections, among them Smithsonian American Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Worthington Whittredge, Erich Correns, Alexander Gardner, Philip Henry Delamotte, and Heinrich Hansen.