Photograph of Frank Duveneck
name: label: Creator
content: Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Freda Schutze.
creator: label: Creator
content: Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and teacher; Munich, Germany and Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in Covington, Kentucky, he used the surname Decker until 1886. He began his career painting in midwestern Catholic churches. In 1870, Duveneck went to Munich, where he shared a studio with William Merritt Chase, studied with Wilhelm von Diez, and was influenced by the style of the Munich School. After travel to Venice and America, Duveneck opened his own school in Munich and in the Upper Bavarian village of Polling in 1878. His students, known as the "Duveneck Boys", included Otto Bacher, Julius Rolshoven, John Twachtman, and Herman Wessel. He married one of his students, Elizabeth Boott, in 1886. Following his wife's death in 1888, Duveneck returned to the United States to teach at the Cincinnati Art Academy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((on a partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1918
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.duvefrph
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4306 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One 11" x 15" black and white profile portrait of Frank Duveneck. The photograph is accompanied by a cancelled check (1918) signed by Duveneck and affixed to the bottom of the photograph.