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Title
Blue
Hole
,
Little
Miami
River
painting
Subject
Arts and Entertainment
African American Ohioans
Artists
Place
Greene County (Ohio)
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
This
1851
painting
depicts
"The
Blue
Hole
" a
mirror-like
pool
in the
Little
Miami
River
,
long
a
favorite
spot
for
southwestern
Ohio
artists
.
Robert
Duncanson's
rendering
of this
popular
locale
is
distinguished
by the
simple
geometry
of its
composition
, its
delicate
palate
of
silvery
blues
and
greens
, its
soft
fluent
brushwork
, and its
sweetly
poetic
mood
. The
Blue
Hole
is
now
part
of
John
Bryan
State
Park
. The
painting
measures
28.5
x
41.5
inches
(72.4
x
105.4
cm)
.
Robert
S
.
Duncanson
(1821-1872)
was
born
to
free
black
parents
in
upstate
New
York
. The
Duncanson
family
moved
to
Canada
for a
time
, but
Robert
Duncanson
came
to
Cincinnati
at the
age
of
19
and
began
to
exhibit
his
artwork
.
Cincinnati
was
becoming
a
major
western
outpost
for
landscape
painting
, and in
1861
the
Cincinnati
Gazette
declared
Duncanson
"the
best
landscape
painter
in the
west.
" This was
remarkable
praise
considering
the
racial
attitudes
of the
time
.
Duncanson's
still-lifes
and
landscapes
earned
him
generous
patronage
from
many
prominent
Cincinnatians
,
including
Nicholas
Longworth
,
who
commissioned
a
series
of
twelve
panels
for his
mansion
.
Duncanson
also
received
much
support
and
patronage
from
Cincinnati's
abolitionists
. In
1853
,
Duncanson
traveled
to
Europe
with
William
Sontag
,
another
Cincinnati
artist
; the
Anti-Slavery
League
apparently
sponsored
the
trip
.
Creator
Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872
Date of Original
1851
Source
Audiovisual material
1926.18
Submitting Institution
Cincinnati Art Museum
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1002_888748_001.tif
Image Height
2186
Image Width
3160
File Size
599.424 KB
Format
picture
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