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Robert S. Duncanson : landscape painter / Charlotte Etinde-Crompton and Samuel Willard Crompton.

by Etinde-Crompton, Charlotte.

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Enslow Publishing, c2020.

Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872.

Painters, Black -- Biography.

Landscape painters -- United States -- Biography.

Celebrating Black artists.

9781978514775 (hbk.)

1978514778 (hbk.)

9781978514768 (pbk.)

197851476X (pbk.)

104 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The painter and the poet -- Artisan to artist -- An artist's growth -- Friends and patrons -- Hudson River School -- Becoming a master -- International acclaim -- Highland overtones -- Sad demise.

Born in 1821 to a Scottish Canadian father and an African American mother, Robert S. Duncanson is widely considered to be the first black artist to become world-famous. He began as a house painter and, from there, moved on to portraits and landscapes. A self-taught artist influenced by the Hudson River School of painters, Duncanson traveled throughout North America and Europe to hone his craft. By the 1860s, the press had dubbed him the ""best landscape painter in the West."" This was high praise given the fierce racial prejudice of the time. Unfortunately, mental health problems cut Duncanson.

Crompton, Samuel Willard.

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