Through classroom and museum experiences, students learn about the life and times of the famous African American landscape painter, Robert S. Duncanson. 

As part of an emerging group of skilled, free Black artists in the 1800s, Duncanson’s life tells the story of a self-taught painter who, with the support of several abolitionist patrons, gained much-deserved attention and fame for his beautifully skilled and serene works.

This lesson is in support of the Reimagine African American Art galleries.