View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota
Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821-1872)
Date:
1862
Medium:
oil on canvas
Collection:
Dimensions:
Framed - h:38.50 w:63.00 d:6.50 cm (h:15 1/8 w:24 3/4 d:2 1/2 inches)
Unframed - h:30.20 w:54.50 cm (h:11 7/8 w:21 7/16 inches)
Credit Line:
Gift of William Macbeth
Accession Number:
1947.198
Gallery ID:
Gallery 206
Duncanson was the first African American painter to achieve recognition at home and abroad. Although most of his career was spent in Cincinnati, he painted this calm, panoramic scene during a journey up the Mississippi River to Canada, which he likely made to escape the upheaval of the Civil War. Duncanson worked in Montreal and London, England, before returning home after the war.
Inscription:
Signed lower left: R.S.D. / 1862; signed on verso: Valley of Lake Pepin/Minnesota/Painted By R.S.D.