Landscape with Rainbow
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Title
Landscape with Rainbow
Description
One of Duncanson’s most celebrated works, this painting uses the rainbow as a symbol of peace, hope, and spiritual renewal. Its inclusion speaks to how Black artists encoded deeper meanings into seemingly conventional vistas. Created just before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Creator
Robert S. Duncanson
Source
Duncanson, Robert S. Landscape with Rainbow. 1859. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. Object no. 1983.95.160.
Publisher
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Date
1859
Rights
Public domain. Digital image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Identifier
1983.95.160
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
30 × 52 ¼ in. (76.3 × 132.7 cm)
Files
Citation
Robert S. Duncanson, “Landscape with Rainbow,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/322.