Robert Seldon Duncanson
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- 1.The J. Paul Getty Trust. Duncanson, Robert Seldon. Getty Union List of Artist Names.
- 2.Patton, Sharon. African-American Art. Oxford University Press. 1998.
- 3.Ketner II, Joseph D. “‘Struggles May and Great’: James P. Ball, Robert Duncanson, and Other Artists of Color in Antebellum Cincinnati.” Magazine Antiques 178, no. 6 (November 2011): 108–15.
- 4.Vendryes, Margaret. Race Identity/Identifying Race: Robert S. Duncanson and Nineteenth-Century American Painting. Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 27. 1. 82–104. 2001. 10.2307/4102840.
- 5.Moore, Lucinda. America's Forgotten Landscape Painter: Robert S. Duncanson. Smithsonian Magazine. October 18, 2011.
- 6.Public Broadcasting Service. Pre-Civil War: Robert Scott Duncanson.
- 7.Kahn, Eve M. Condemning Slavery With a Paintbrush. New York Times. July 15, 2011.
- 8.Ketner, Joseph D. Duncanson, Robert S. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience, Second Edition. 2008.
- 9.Katz, Wendy Jean. Regionalism and Reform: Art and Class Formation in Antebellum Cincinnati. The Ohio State University Press. 90. 2002. 0-8142-0906-8.
- 10.Bearden, Romare. A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present. Pantheon Books. 19–20. 1993.
- 11.Mendelsohn, Jim. Cincinnati, Ohio. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition. 2008.
- 12.Lifting the Veil: The Emergence of the African American Artist. St. Louis: Sayers Printing, 1995.
- 13.Ketner, Joseph D. The Emergence of the African-American Artist: Robert S. Duncanson, 1821–1872. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1993.
- 14.Bearden, 1972.
- 15."Lifting the Veil" 1995.
- 16.Lifting the Veil, 1995
- 17.Public Broadcasting System.
- 18.Ketner II, Joseph D., and Wendy Jean Katz. "Duncanson, Robert S." Grove Art Online. 2003; Accessed 1 Nov. 2020
- 19.Knight, Christopher. Commentary: The symbolism in the Biden inaugural painting by Robert S. Duncanson. Los Angeles Times. January 20, 2021.
- 20.Lynford, Sophie. Beyond the Hudson: The Singular Achievements of Robert Scott Duncanson. New York Historical Society Museum and Library: Behind the Scenes. May 3, 2017.
- 21.Mercer, Valerie J. African American Artists Gain Access to the Fine Art Professions. Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 86. 1/4. 8–17. 2012. 10.1086/DIA43492323.
- 22.Katz, Wendy J. "Robert S. Duncanson, Race, and Auguste Comte’s Positivism in Cincinnati." American Studies 53, no. 1 (2014): 79-115. doi:10.1353/ams.2014.0052.
- 23.Farrington, Lisa E. Black or White?: Racial Identity in Nineteenth-Century African-American Art. Source: Notes in the History of Art. 31. 3. 5–12. 2012. 10.1086/sou.31.3.23208589.
- 24.Powell, Richard J. "Seeing and Thinking About the unexpected in American Art." American Visions 14, no. 1 (1999).
- 25.Pringle, Allan. "Robert S. Duncanson in Montreal, 1863–1865." American Art Journal 17, no. 4 (1985).
- 26.Del Re, Sonia. article. National Gallery of Canada Magazine. 2025.
- 27.Lauder, Adam. article. Canadianart. 2020-11-23.
- 28.Robert S. Duncanson. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- 29.Powell, 1999.
- 30.Vendryes, Margaret Rose. Race Identity/Identifying Race: Robert S. Duncanson and Nineteenth-Century American Painting. Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 27. 1. 82–104. 2001. 10.2307/4102840.
- 31.Taft Museum of Art. Past Duncanson Artist-in-Residence.
- 32.J. P. Ball and Robert S. Duncanson: An African American Artistic Collaboration Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu.
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