The Inaugural Painting, picked out by first lady Jill Biden, was painted by a Cincinnati-based artist. “Landscape with Rainbow” by Robert S. Duncanson was loaned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum ...

"I like the rainbow—good things to follow," Dr. Biden said of Robert S. Duncanson’s “Landscape with Rainbow.” Joe Biden received a symbolic—and optimistic—gift from his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, shortly ...

Curator Eleanor Harvey shares the story of Robert Duncanson and his artwork Eleanor Jones Harvey Robert S. Duncanson, Landscape with Rainbow, 1859, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Robert Seldon Duncanson was America’s best known African American painter in the years surrounding the Civil War.

Hope, John, of Watkins Glen, N.Y., where he resides and for many years has furnished visitors to that picturesque region with paintings which give charming representations of its choicest scenery.