Owl’s Head Mountain Magnet

Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872)
Owl’s Head Mountain, 1864

Duncanson was the first recorded African-American landscape painter. He lived in Montreal from 1863-1865 after fleeing the United States during the American Civil War. His approach to landscape painting would influence many other artists living in Montreal in the 1860s.

9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.