The Emergence of the African-American Artist: Robert S. Duncanson 1821-1872

By Joseph D. Ketner

Book Overview

Known in the mid-19th century as the best landscape painter in the West, paricularly for his pictures of the Ohio River, the African-American Robert S. Duncanson fell into obscurity for almost a century after his death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826209742
• ISBN13: 9780826209740
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent work on an impressive artist

This is a very affordable, well-done book on Robert Duncanson, an outstanding artist of interest to any student of art history, the Husdon River school, and African-American history. Rich with detail.