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Frank Duveneck (October 9, 1848 – January 3, 1919) was an American figure and portrait painter. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Duveneck was born in Covington, Kentucky, the son of a German immigrant Bernard Decker. Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. Decker died when Frank was only a year old and his widow remarried Joseph Duveneck. By the age of fifteen Frank had begun the study of art under the tutelage of a local painter, Johann Schmitt and had been apprenticed to a German firm of church decorators. [1] While having grown up in Covington, Duveneck was a part of the German community in Cincinnati, Ohio. However, due to his Catholic beliefs and German heritage, he was an outsider as far as the artistic community of Cincinnati was concerned. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". [2] In 1869 he went abroad to study with Wilhelm von Diez and Wilhelm Leibl at the Royal Academy of Münich, where he learned a dark, realistic and direct style of painting. Wilhelm Leibl ( October 23, 1844 – December 4, 1900) was a German realist painter of Portraits Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. He subsequently became one of the young American painters — others were William Merritt Chase, John Henry Twachtman, and Walter Shirlaw — who in the 1870s overturned the traditions of the Hudson River School and started a new art movement characterized by a greater freedom of paint application. William Merritt Chase ( November 1, 1849 &ndash October 25, 1916) was an American painter known as an exponent of John Henry Twachtman ( August 4 1853 - August 8 1902) was an American painter best-known for his impressionist landscapes Walter Shirlaw ( August 6, 1838 &ndash December 30, 1909) was a Scottish-American artist Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by
His work, at first ignored, when shown in Boston and elsewhere about 1875, attracted great attention, and many pupils flocked to him in Germany and Italy, where he made long visits. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ( MFAH) located in Houston, is one of the largest museums in the country Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Henry James called him "the unsuspected genius" and at the age of 27 he was a celebrated artist. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James In 1878 Duveneck opened a school in Munich, and in the village of Polling in Bavaria. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 His students, known as the "Duveneck Boys", included Twachtman, Otto Bacher, Julius Rolshoven, and Herman Wessel. [3] In 1886 he married one of his students who was much admired by Henry James, Boston-born Elizabeth Boott. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James They lived in Bellosguardo for two years where she produced a son. Bellosguardo is a town and Comune in the Province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. She died later in Paris of pneumonia. Duveneck was devastated. After returning from Italy to America, he gave some attention to sculpture, and modelled a fine monument to his wife, now in the English cemetery in Florence. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Despite this activity, Elizabeth's death marked a slowing in his productivity - a wealthy man, he chose to lead a life of relative obscurity. He lived in Covington until his death in 1919 and taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, where some pupils of note were Edward Charles Volkert and Russel Wright. The Art Academy of Cincinnati is a private college of art and design accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, in Cincinnati Ohio Edward Charles Volkert (1871–1935 was an American Impressionist Artist best known for his colorful and richly painted Impressionist landscapes Russel Wright ( April 3, 1904 – December 21, 1976) was an American Industrial designer during the 20th century
In later years, he often spent summers in Gloucester, Massachusetts. This article is about Gloucester Massachusetts USA there are other places called Gloucester Gloucester (ˈglɒstɚ) is a city on [2]
Among his most famous paintings are Lady with Fan (1873) and The Whistling Boy (1872), both of which reveal Duveneck's debt to the dark palette and slashing brushwork of Frans Hals. Frans Hals (c 1580– August 26, 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter especially famous for portraiture. His work can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Richmond Art Museum and the Kenton County Library in Covington, Ky. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery. The Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest Art museums in the United States. The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond Indiana.
Duveneck is buried at Old Mother of God Cemetery, Madison Avenue and 26th Street, Covington, Kenton County. [1]
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- ^ a b Cayton, Andrew R. L. (2002). Ohio: The History of a People. Ohio University Press, pp. Ohio University Press is part of Ohio University. It publishes under its own name and the Imprint Swallow Press. 255-257. ISBN 0814208991.
- ^ Biography, Smithsonian Archives of American Art
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