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Robert Seldon Duncanson

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Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821 - 1872) was active/lived in Ohio, Michigan / England, Europe.  Robert Duncanson is known for Hudson River landscape, portrait, floral still life and genre painting, murals.

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 The following information was submitted by Kate Pennington of Maine Antique Digest.  On April 23, 2012, she wrote: "Our most recent issue features an article by Jeanne Schinto on Robert S. Duncanson in which she reports that his middle name is actually Seldon, not Scott, and his father was not Scottish-Canadian."

The article follows.

Artist Robert S. Duncanson:
"What's in a Middle Name" by Jeanne Schinto

An exhibition curated by Joseph D. Ketner II, "Robert S. Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of the Freedmen's Sons", was on view at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, New York, from May 1 through October 30, 2011. The accompanying 34-page illustrated catalog, written by Ketner, amounts to a mini-biography of the artist.

Works by the 19th-century African-American artist who signed himself "Robert S. Duncanson," "R.S. Duncanson," or simply "Duncanson" are increasingly in demand, and with that has come scrutiny of his middle ini   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 22202 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  askART lists Robert Seldon Duncanson in 2 of its research Essays. Robert Seldon Duncanson has 2 artist signature examples available in our database.

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Facts about Robert Seldon Duncanson

   Publications  Book References:  75
Magazine References:  10

The listed publications are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. askART has derived Publications as an aid to members, but it is not necessarily a complete list.
10 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Robert Seldon Duncanson
Magazine Article Date Author Color
The Magazine Antiques Museum Accessions April 2006 Gustafson, Eleanor H Yes
American Art Review Melting Pot: Art That Looks Like Am April 2004 Severens, Martha R Yes
American Art Review Walter O Evans Collection June 2003 Benjamin, Tritobia Hayes Yes
American Art Review Extraordinary Gifts from the Proct February 2003 Aronson, Julie Yes
The Magazine Antiques Museum Accessions November 2002 Gustafson, Eleanor H. Yes
Art & Antiques The Top 100 Collectors in America March 2002 Bryant, Kathy; Cathy Byrd Yes
The Magazine Antiques Current and Coming August 2000 Editors, Magazine Antiques Yes
American Art Review Evolution of African-American Art August 2000 Hampton, R Kumasi Yes
American Art Review American Art & the Civil War October 1999 Walker, Andrew Yes
American Art Review Robert S Duncanson: Lifting the Vei October 1995 Durrell, Jane Yes
75 Book References for Robert Seldon Duncanson
Year Author Title Pages Color
2008 Pennington, Estill Curtis Kentucky The Master Painters 0 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Lewis, Samella African American Art and Artists 340 Yes
2002 Weintraub, Alison How to Draw Ohio's Sights and Symbols 0 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Calo, Mary Ann Critical Issues in American Art A Book of Readings 328 No
1998 Taha, Halima Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas 270 Yes
1997 Driscoll, John Paul All That Is Glorious Around Us Hudson River School/A Loan Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 Yes
1996 Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (2 Vols) 877 Yes
1995 Adams, H. and Johnson, K. Made in America Ten Centuries of American Art 192 Yes
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 Kelley, Harmon; D. Hyland, G. Coker, et all The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 68 Yes
1994 Lubin, David M Picturing a Nation Art and Social Change in 19th Century America 364 Yes
1994 San Antonio Museum of Art African American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 67 Yes
1993 Ayers, William S Picturing History: American Painting, 1770-1930
(Exhibition catalog)		 256 Yes
1993 Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson A History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present 542 Yes
1993 Ketner, Joseph D Emergence of the African-American Artist/Robert S Duncanson 1821-1872 233 Yes
1993 Perry, Regina A Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art 203 Yes
1992 Kammen, Michael Meadows of Memory Images of Time & Tradition in American Art & Culture 192 No
1992 Stebbins, Theodore E The Lure of Italy American Artists and the Italian Experience
(Exhibition catalog)		 470 Yes
1991 Boime, Albert The Magisterial Gaze Manifest Destiny & Landscape Painting 1830-1865 188 Yes
1991 Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County 510 Yes
1991 Sullivan, Mark W The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography 225 No
1991 Wilson, John Masterpieces of American Painting 34 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1990 McElroy, Guy C Facing History The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 190 Yes
1989 Minks, Louise The Hudson River School The Landscape Art (of 25 artists) 112 Yes
1989 National Gallery of Art American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 203 Yes
1988 Howat, John K American Paradise World of the Hudson River School
(Exhibition catalog)		 346 Yes
1987 Sweeney, J Gray Artists of Michigan from The Nineteenth Century
(Exhibition catalog)		 215 No
1986 Schwarz-Philadelphia A Century of American Landscapes 1812-1912
(Exhibition catalog)		 30 Yes
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Hartigan, Lynda R Sharing Traditions Five Black Artists in 19th Century America
(Exhibition catalog)		 120 Yes
1985 Spasky, Natalie American Painting V 2, Catalog, Metropolitan Mus Artists born 1816-45 671 No
1984 Baigell, Mathew American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History 420 No
1982 Czestochowski, Joseph S The American Landscape Tradition A Study and Gallery of Paintings 184 Yes
1982 Soria, Regina Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940) 332 No
1982 Trapp, Kenneth R Celebrate Cincinnati Art 89 No
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1980 Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
(Exhibition catalog)		 325 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Rogers, Millard F Jr.; Denny Carter, Bruce Weber The Golden Age: Cincinnati Painters of the Nineteenth Century Represented in the Cincinnati Art Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 218 Yes
1978 Lewis, Samella Art: African American 246 Yes
1977 Barter, Judith; Lynn E Springer Currents of Expansion Painting in the Midwest, 1820-1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 189 No
1976 Coen, Rena Neumann Painting and Sculpture in Minnesota 1820-1914 146 Yes
1976 Driskell, David C Two Centuries of Black American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 221 Yes
1976 McShine, Kynaston The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800-1950 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
(Exhibition catalog)		 178 Yes
1976 Virginia Museum American Marine Painting A Loan Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 151 Yes
1975 Buckley, Charles E The Saint Louis Art Museum Handbook of Collections 377 Yes
1975 Driskell, David C Amistad II Afro-American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 92 No
1975 Gibson, Arthur Hopkin Artists of Early Michigan A Biographical Dictionary of Artists Native To or Active in Michigan 1701-1900 250 No
1974 Wilmerding, John (Introductory Essay) 19th Century American Topographic Painters Lowe Art Museum Exhibition, November 21, 1974-January 5, 1975
(Exhibition catalog)		 95 Yes
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
1973 Fine, Elsa Honig The Afro-American Artist A Search for Identity 310 Yes
1973 Wilmerding, John The Genius of American Painting 352 Yes
1972 Bearden, Romare/H Henderson Six Black Masters of American Art 120 Yes
1972 Cincinnati Art Museum Robert S Duncanson
(Exhibition catalog)		 42 Yes
1972 Eldredge, Charles (Intro); Barbara Novak The Arcadian Landscape 19th Century American Painters in Italy
(Exhibition catalog)		 104 No
1971 Gerdts, William H 19th Century American Painting From the Collection of Henry Melville Fuller
(Exhibition catalog)		 92 No
1971 Locke, Alain The Negro in Art 224 No
1971 Vigtel, Gudmund/D Hoopes The Beckoning Land A Selection of Nineteenth Century Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 94 Yes
1970 Alston, Charles Henry; Romare Bearden; Allan Rohan Crite, et all Social Studies: The Art of Black America, Part One 0 Yes
1970 Flexner, James Thomas Nineteenth Century American Painting 256 No
1968 Genesco, S U College, New York Hudson River School
(Exhibition catalog)		 200 No
1968 Public Education Association The American Vision Paintings 1825-1875
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1960 Dover, Cedric American Negro Art 186 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1953 Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art Union 0 No
1950 Barker, Virgil American Painting History and Interpretation 715 No
1943 Porter, James A Modern Negro Art 272 No
1943 Soby, James Thrall/D C Miller Romantic Painting in America
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1863 Notman, William Photographic Selections 194 No
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