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Landscape with Family by Lake
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About this work
During the late 1850s, Robert S. Duncanson painted romantic views of the Ohio River valley, near his home in Cincinnati. Images like Landscape with Family by Lake showed people enjoying nature in peaceful settings, suggesting the nineteenth-century faith that God created the wilderness for man to enjoy. The setting sun infuses the tree in the foreground with glowing colors to evoke a divine light watching over the countryside.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLandscape with Family by Lake. 1858. Robert S. Duncanson, born Fayette, NY 1821-died Detroit, MI 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of J & R Investments. CC0.
