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Robert S. Duncanson

1821 - 1872

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Robert Seldon Duncanson (c. 1821 – December 21, 1872) was a 19th-century American landscapist of European and African ancestry. Inspired by famous American landscape artists like Thomas Cole, Duncanson created renowned landscape paintings and is considered a second generation Hudson River School artist. Duncanson spent the majority of his career in Cincinnati, Ohio and helped develop the Ohio River Valley landscape tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert S. Duncanson has received more than 142,058 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Robert S. Duncanson is the 1,999th most popular painter (down from 1,685th in 2019), the 13,074th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,646th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Painter.

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  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 1,999 out of 2,023. Before him are William Hart, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Israel Tsvaygenbaum, El Kazovsky, Eastman Johnson, and Milo Moiré. After him are Fathi Hassan, Ahmed Al Safi, Lauren Faust, Thomas Kinkade, Viktor Lyapkalo, and Joana Vasconcelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 98. Before him are Jan van Beers, Robert O'Hara Burke, Charles Tupper, Churchill Babington, Daniel Harvey Hill, and Old Tom Morris.  Among people deceased in 1872, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 74. Before him are Thomas Sully, Robert Wight, José Burgos, Edward James Roye, Thomas C. Jerdon, and Lowell Mason. After him is Frederick Denison Maurice.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 13,074 out of 20,380. Before him are Ilka Chase (1905), Jim Meskimen (1959), George Stephanopoulos (1961), Jack Mulhall (1887), Keely Smith (1928), and Terry Balsamo (1972). After him are Gene Hoglan (1967), Uzo Aduba (1981), Ian Bohen (1976), Billy Mays (1958), Michelle Lujan Grisham (1959), and Callie Khouri (1957).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Robert S. Duncanson ranks 153. Before him are Eugene J. Martin (1938), Charles Marion Russell (1864), Jacob Lawrence (1917), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), and Eastman Johnson (1824). After him are Lauren Faust (1974), Thomas Kinkade (1958), Laurel Holloman (1971), Kara Walker (1969), Kehinde Wiley (1977), and Clayton Lewis (1915).

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