Landscape with Sheep
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sol and Lillian Koffler
Accession Number
1983.95.168
Tags
sheeplakemountainsunset
About this artwork
Landscape with Sheep was inspired by the countryside around Robert S. Duncansonâs home in Cincinnati. He painted domestic scenes of farmland to emphasize the beauty and perfection of nature and its relationship to man. In this image he created a gentle landscape bathed in soft pinks and yellows to create an intimate, enticing view. Scenes like this would have been popular with nineteenth-century Americans, who felt cut off from nature as more and more land was taken by industry.