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Born a free black man in antebellum America, Duncanson painted utopian vistas of the American Mid-West and was supported by abolitionist patrons in both America and England. Art historians widely agree that Duncanson was the first African-American artist to be internationally known and was particularly popular in 1860s Londonâ where the cityâs prestigious
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With every inauguration, a painting is displayed at the luncheon that follows the ceremony.
Chosen by incoming first lady Jill Biden and presented by Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri, the inaugural painting is by 19th century landscape artist Robert S. Duncanson.
Titled Landscape With Rainbow, the work depicts a pastoral scene.
With every inauguration, a painting is meant to be displayed at the luncheon that follows the swearing-in ceremony. However this year, the luncheon was cancelled as President Biden took a private meal before retreating to his new office to start his four-year journey.
Instead of a luncheon, the inauguration painting, owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, was displayed at a reception to commemorate the ceremony at the Capitol.
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Landscape with Rainbow (1859). Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
As part of his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States today, Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden received a bounty of gifts from lawmakers, including a large painting by Robert S. Duncanson loaned to the couple by the Smithsonian Museum, and presented by Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri.
The 1859 work, titled
Landscape With Rainbow, was painted by Duncanson, a Black artist, two years before the onset of the Civil War, and depicts a pastoral scene sparsely populated with cows and people, with a rainbow above that symbolizes renewal and hope.