Landscape With Cows Watering In A Stream 1871 Poster

Landscape with Cows Watering in a Stream 1871 is a painting by Robert S. Duncanson. Born free in upstate New York, the African American Duncanson established an international reputation for his Hudson River School inspired landscapes during the Civil War era. Self-taught, he launched his career in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he came to the attention of abolitionist leaders, who later sponsored his study in Europe. By 1861, Duncanson was hailed in the American press as "the best landscape painter in the West." At the height of his career, he successfully toured his paintings in England and Scotland, where he lived for a period of time. Self-exiled in Montreal during the Civil War, Duncanson also helped launch a Canadian landscape movement. Although this artwork is digitally restored, the cracks and the fine lines are left intact on this painting to honour the time this painting emerged from.