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Robert Swain Gifford (December 23 1840 – January 13 1905) was an American landscape painter. He was influenced by the Barbizon school.Much of his work focuses on the landscapes of New England where he was born. He along with Victorian contemporaries from the White Mountain and Hudson River Schools helped immortalize the majestic cliffs of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. His painting from the island Pettes Cove is illustrative of his masterful marine work.
