Robert Swain Gifford
(December 23, 1840 - January 13, 1905)
Born in Naushon Island, Massachusetts

Gifford was an American landscape painter who
was influenced by the Barbizon school.
Much of his work focuses on the landscapes of
New England, where he was born.

However, in the 1870s he undertook several journeys
to Europe and the Middle East and painted
some subjects from those regions.

Some of his works hang in the most prominent galleries
in the USA, including the Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC.

The painting to the left is titled
"View on Naushon Island"