April 11, 2014Swann CommunicationsAmerican Art Artwork from the Collection of Artist James D. Smillie Read more about Artwork from the Collection of Artist James D. Smillie In the 2014 Spring season, Swann is pleased to offer a selection of works from the collection of American painter/printmaker James D. Smillie. Smillie (1833-1909), a New York artist known…
Read more about Robert Scott Duncanson’s East Coast Debut May 11, 2011 African American Art Robert Scott Duncanson’s East Coast Debut Robert Scott Duncanson was the first African-American landscape painter to achieve international recognition. The son of a biracial tradesman from Virginia, and the grandson of a freed slave, Duncanson apprenticed in…