The emergence of the African-American artist : Robert S. Duncanson, 1821-1872

Author

Ketner, Joseph D.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill. (21 col.); bibliogr.; index ; x, 235 p. ; 1993

ISBN

0-8262-0880-0

Publisher

University of Missouri Press, Columbia (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Biography and catalogue of works of the Cincinnati landscape and portrait painter; includes chapters on his relationship to the Ohio River Valley landscape tradition, his mural paintings for Nicholas Longworth (Cincinnati, Taft Museum), his experiences in Europe and Canada, and his major work, Land of the Lotus Eaters, 1861 (Swedish royal collections); also discusses his situation as a black artist in American society before and during the Civil War, and surveys abolitionist patronage of African-American artists, including Duncanson.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Duncanson, Robert Scott, 1821-1872
• Painting
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Americans
• Europe
• African Americans
• Abolitionists
• Patronage
• Painters
• Land of the Lotus Eaters
• Kungliga Husgerådskammaren||Sweden
• Landscape
• Portraits
• Longworth, Nicholas, 1782-1863
• Commissions
• Mural painting
• Taft Museum||Cincinnati (OH, USA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Duncanson, Robert Scott, 1821-1872
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Américains
• Europe
• Afro-Américains
• Abolitionnistes
• Mécénat
• Peintres
• Au Pays des mangeurs de lotus
• Kungliga Husgerådskammaren||Sweden
• Paysage
• Portrait
• Longworth, Nicholas, 1782-1863
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Peinture murale
• Taft Museum||Cincinnati (OH, USA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00336259

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