Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872

found: Robert Scott Duncanson, 1821-1872: Landscape, 1870, c2003:biog. (b. Fayette, NY; d. Detroit, MI, Dec. 21, 1872)

found: N.Y. Times online, July 14, 2011 (viewed Oct. 20, 2011)article: Condemning slavery with a paintbrush (Robert S. Duncanson, African-American painter; middle name often given as Scott but was actually Seldon)

found: Wikipedia, July 8, 2013:(Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821 - Dec. 21, 1872) was an African-American painter associated with the Hudson River School; he is often described incorrectly as Robert Scott Duncanson, the son of a Canadian of Scottish descent, but he was actually descended from freed Virginia slaves)

found: African American National Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Duncanson, Robert S.; painter; born 1821 in Fayette, New York, United States. He produced a series of American landscapes, such as Western Forest (1857) and Rainbow (1859); donated paintings to support antislavery organizations; in response to the impending Civil War, created the most ambitious easel painting of his career, Land of the Lotus Eaters (1861); escaped in 1863 to Montreal, Canada, visisted England; returned to Cincinnati in 1867; in the late 1860s he developed a severe dementia; died 21 December 1872 in Detroit, Michigan, United States)