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Painter:

Duveneck, Frank 1848-1919  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Cincinnati Art Museum Eden Park Cincinnati Ohio 45202-1596 Accession Number: 1915.96

Topic:

State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this

Figure male--Elderly  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81460568

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_212296

Painter:

Duveneck, Frank 1848-1919  Search this

Subject:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

Oil

Type:

Paintings

Topic:

Portrait--Elderly  Search this

State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81460354

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_212089

Interviewee:

Adams, Philip Rhys, 1908-1993  Search this

Interviewer:

Bruner, Louise Katherine, 1910-  Search this

Names:

Cincinnati Art Museum  Search this

Dine, Jim, 1935-  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Francis, Henry Sayles, 1902-1994  Search this

Wesselmann, Tom, 1931-2004  Search this

Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910  Search this

Extent:

80 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1976 September 29

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Philip Rhys Adams conducted 1976 September 29, by Louise Bruner, for the Archives of American Art.

Adams discusses the development of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the arrangement of its collections; gifts to the Museum from John Josiah Emery, Mary Emery, Herbert Greer French, Mary Hanna and Mary Johnston; Cincinnati artists including Jim Dine, Frank Duveneck, Henry Francis, Tom Wesselman, and Worthington Whittredge; the expense of a loan exhibition versus museum purchases; and the Contemporary Arts Center and other educational programs. Adams also summarizes his educational background and career.

Biographical / Historical:

Philip Rhys Adams (1908-1993) was the museum director of Cincinnati Art Museum.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 39 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Topic:

Museum directors -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- Ohio -- Cincinnati

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by Matilda Wilson.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.adams76

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95f4949d1-d5b4-4d3e-8f44-8e4d9d1278e2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-adams76

Creator:

Wessel, Bessie Hoover, 1889-1973  Search this

Wessel, Herman Henry, 1878-1969  Search this

Names:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Extent:

140 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1914-1972

Scope and Contents:

Mostly photographs of portraits by Bessie Wessel. Also included is a scrapbook of clippings about the Wessels, articles on Frank Duveneck and the Cincinnati Art Club (of which Herman Wessel was president), a biography of Bessie Wessel, three sketches by Herman Wessel, two typed class lectures by Robert Henri, and miscellany.

Biographical / Historical:

Painters; Cincinnati, Ohio. The Wessels studied under Frank Duveneck and others at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Herman Wessel was also an etcher and instructor.

Provenance:

Lent 1974 by Robert Wessel, the Wessels' son.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art teachers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Portrait painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.wessbess

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw919c79ee4-aaae-4285-845c-5cd8e74420a7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wessbess

Creator:

Dickman, William J.  Search this

Names:

Hidden Villa Ranch (Los Altos Hills, Calif.)  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Duveneck, Josephine W. (Josephine Whitney), 1891-1978  Search this

Extent:

19 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca.1969-1982]

Scope and Contents:

Letters, greeting cards, and printed material sent to William andIlka Dickman from and regarding Josephine W. Duveneck, her husband Frank, and her father-in-law, painter Frank Duveneck. Included are 10 letters and cards from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boott and Josephine, regarding the Duveneck family, their ranch "Hidden Villa" in California, and their social and political activities. One card contains a photo of the Duvenecks, and another shows them with their family at their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Also included are a letter from Elizabeth Goodman of Los Altos Hills, Calif., telling of Josephine Duveneck's death; a eulogy given by Wallace Stegner at Josephine Duveneck's memorial service; a letter from Stacy French, president of the Friends of Hidden Villa, to members regarding its future after Josephine Duveneck's death; a booklet, Hidden Villa Tales, written and autographed by Josephine Duveneck; a flyer promoting Josephine's autobiography; a catalogue (not filmed in its entirety) and an invitation for a 1972 exhibition of Frank Duveneck's work at the Chapellier Gallery, N.Y.; and 2 books (not microfilmed) by Josephine: Frank Duveneck-Painter,Teacher, and her autobiography, Life on Two Levels.

Biographical / Historical:

The Dickmans, of Alexandria, Va., were friends with Frank Boott and Josephine Whitney Duveneck of Los Altos, Calif. Frank Boott Duveneck was the son of the Cincinnati-based painter Frank Duveneck, and Josephine was the daughter of a prominent Boston family. Together, the Duveneck's lived on their ranch, "Hidden Villa," which was also used as a summer camp for poor, inner-city children and as a base for Josephine's social and environmental work. She wrote a biography of her father-in-law, Frank Duveneck, as well as an autobiography.

Provenance:

Donated by William J. Dickman, 1982.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.dickwill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c682a4c4-97e2-4bbe-aacd-27f915d3ef82

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-dickwill

Creator:

Donaldson, John M., 1854-1941  Search this

Names:

Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917  Search this

Donaldson, Bruce M., d. 1940  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Melchers, Corinne, 1880-1955  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Extent:

0.11 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1873-1938

Summary:

The papers of Detroit-based architect John M. Donaldson measures 0.11 linear feet and consists of 31 items that date from 1873 to 1938. The papers include a letter from Frank Duveneck, 1877; a sketch of Donaldson, ca. 1876, by [James] Carroll Beckwith, alongside a note from Beckwith, 1913; letters from Gari Melchers, some of which are illustrated; obituary clippings on Melchers; photographs in the form of carte de visites, mostly of fellow art students in Munich, 1873-1877, including Francis Davis Millet and Frank Duveneck; and miscellany. Also included are several letters from Gari Melchers's wife Corrine to Donaldson's son, Bruce.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Detroit-based architect John M. Donaldson measures 0.11 linear feet and consists of 31 items that date from 1873 to 1938. The papers include a letter from Frank Duveneck, 1877; a sketch of Donaldson, ca. 1876, by [James] Carroll Beckwith, alongside a note from Beckwith, 1913; letters from Gari Melchers, some of which are illustrated; obituary clippings on Melchers; photographs in the form of carte de visites, mostly of fellow art students in Munich, 1873-1877, including Francis Davis Millet and Frank Duveneck; and miscellany. Also included are several letters from Gari Melchers's wife Corrine to Donaldson's son, Bruce.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: John M. Donaldson papers, 1873-1938 (Folder 1, OV 2; 31 items)

Biographical / Historical:

John M. Donaldson (1854-1941) was an architect based in Detroit, Michigan. Donaldson was a friend of painter Gari Melchers. Donaldson's son Bruce (d. 1940) was chairman of the Art History Department at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Bruce M. Donaldson letters from Gari Melchers, 1928 May 9 and May 22.

Provenance:

The John M. Donaldson papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1963 by Mrs. Alex G. Donaldson.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters  Search this

Architects -- Michigan -- Detroit  Search this

Citation:

John M. Donaldson papers, 1873-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.donajohn

See more items in:

John M. Donaldson papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99c553994-326b-4497-93f3-fac9b8d96e11

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-donajohn

Creator:

Duveen, Albert  Search this

Names:

Centurion (Firm)  Search this

Holland House Corporation of the Netherlands  Search this

Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880  Search this

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843  Search this

Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854  Search this

Ben-Zion, 1897–1987  Search this

Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851  Search this

Blackburn, Joseph, fl. 1753-1763  Search this

Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919  Search this

Blauvelt, Charles F., 1824-1900  Search this

Blume, Peter, 1906-1992  Search this

Branchard, Emile Pierre, 1881-1938  Search this

Browere, A. D. O. (Alburtis Dell Orient), 1814-1887  Search this

Brown, John George, 1831-1913  Search this

Buddington, Jonathan  Search this

Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894  Search this

Carter, Dennis Malone, 1827-1881  Search this

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Chabor, Moura  Search this

Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985  Search this

Chambers, Thomas, b. 1807 or 8  Search this

Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979  Search this

Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848  Search this

Constable, John, 1776-1837  Search this

Cope, George, 1855-1929  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978  Search this

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928  Search this

Despiau, Charles, 1874-1946  Search this

Detre, Roland, 1903-  Search this

Dibble, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly), 1898-  Search this

Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008  Search this

Doriani, William, 1891-  Search this

Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856  Search this

Drew-Bear, Jessie, 1877?-1962  Search this

Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872  Search this

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this

Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842  Search this

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941  Search this

Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868  Search this

Field, Robert, 1769?-1819  Search this

Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941  Search this

Gargallo, Pablo, 1881-1934  Search this

Gelb, Jan, 1906-1978  Search this

Gillman, Paul  Search this

Gullager, Christian  Search this

Hall, George Henry, 1825-1913  Search this

Harding, Chester, 1792-1866  Search this

Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892  Search this

Harvey, George W., 1855-  Search this

Hays, William Jacob, 1830-1875  Search this

Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894  Search this

Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919  Search this

Hesselius, John, 1728-1778  Search this

Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849  Search this

Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890  Search this

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this

Hudson, Samuel Adams, 1813-1894  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Jarvis, John Wesley, 1780-1840  Search this

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906  Search this

Johnston, Henrietta  Search this

Johnston, John Bernard, 1847-1886  Search this

Kayn, Hilde B., 1903-1950  Search this

Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951  Search this

Lane, Fitz Hugh, 1804-1865  Search this

Lawson, Ernest, 1873-1939  Search this

Lefferts, M. F.  Search this

Leigh, William Robinson, 1866-1955  Search this

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  Search this

Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933  Search this

Malbone, Edward Greene, 1777-1807  Search this

Maurer, Alfred Henry, 1868-1932  Search this

Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932  Search this

Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874  Search this

Moeller, Louis, 1855-1930  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Organ, Donald  Search this

Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Peale, James, 1749-1831  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Penn, William, 1644-1718  Search this

Perry, E. W. (Enoch Wood), 1831-1915  Search this

Philippoteaux, Fʹelix Emmanuel Henri, 1815-1884  Search this

Polk, Charles Peale, 1767-1822  Search this

Pope, T. B. (Thomas Benjamin), d. 1891  Search this

Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884  Search this

Prior, William Matthew, 1806-1873  Search this

Quirt, Walter, 1902-  Search this

Ranney, William Tylee, 1813-1857  Search this

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this

Robins, Louisa Winslow, 1898-1962  Search this

Roesen, Severin, ca. 1815-ca. 1872  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this

Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926  Search this

Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852  Search this

Savage, Edward, 1761-1817  Search this

Sawitzky, William, 1880-1947  Search this

Schattenstein, Nikol, 1877-1954  Search this

Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879  Search this

Serres, D.  Search this

Sharples, James, ca. 1751-1811  Search this

Shulman, Morris  Search this

Smibert, John, 1688-1751  Search this

Soudeikine, Serge  Search this

Soutine, Chaim, 1893-1943  Search this

Spencer, Frederick R., 1806-1875  Search this

Stewart, Albert T., 1900-1965  Search this

Street, Robert, 1796-1865  Search this

Strong, William J.  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Sullivan, Charles, 1794-1867  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905  Search this

Tirrell, G.  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Vanderlyn, Pieter, ca. 1687-1778  Search this

Von Schlegell, William, 1877-1950  Search this

Waldo, Samuel, 1783-1861  Search this

Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965  Search this

Washington, George, 1732-1799  Search this

Weinberg, Elbert, 1928-  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Welch, Thomas B., 1814-1874  Search this

Wertmüller, Adolph Ulric, 1751-1811  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915  Search this

Wiltz, Arnold, 1889-1937  Search this

Winner, W. E. (William E), -1883  Search this

Wood, S.  Search this

Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903  Search this

Extent:

5 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

[ca. 1831-1950]

Scope and Contents:

Files on ca. 150 American artists and art subjects, selected from Duveen's art reference files. Included are photographs of paintings in other collections, auction and exhibition catalogs, miscellaneous publications.

Files include: Francis Alexander, Washington Allston, William H. Bartlett, Ben-Zion, Thomas Birch, Joseph Blackburn, Ralph A. Blakelock, Charles F. Blauvelt, Peter Blume, Emile Branchard, Albertis D. O. Browere, John G. Brown, Jonathan Buddington, James E. Buttersworth, Carra, Dennis M. Carter, Mary Cassatt, George Catlin, Centurion, Paul Cezanne, Moura Chabor, Marc Chagall, T. Chambers, Jean Charlot, Thomas Cole, John Constable, George Cope, John S. Copley, Ralston Crawford, Jasper F. Cropsey, Arthur B. Davies, Charles Despiau, Roland Detre, Thomas R. Dibble, Enrico Donati, William Doriani, Thomas Doughty, Jessie Drew-Bear, Robert S. Duncanson, Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, George H. Durrie, Frank Duveneck, Evert Duyckinck, Thomas Eakins, Jacob Eichholtz, Louis M. Eilshemius, Charles L. Elliott, Robert Field, Emil Ganso, Pablo Gargallo, Jan Gelb, Paul Gillman, Christian Gullager, George H. Hall, Chester Harding, William M. Harnett, George Harvey, William J. Hays, George P. A. Healy, Edward L. Henry, John Hesselius, Edward Hicks, Thomas Hicks, Holland House, Charles Fevret de Saint-Memin, Winslow Homer, S. A. Hudson, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, George Inness, John W, Jarvis, Eastman Johnson, Henrietta Johnston, John Johnston, Hilde B. Kayn, Dikran K. Kelekian, Fitz Hugh Lane, Ernest Lawson, M. F. Lefferts, William R. Leigh, Abraham Lincoln, George B. Luks, Edward G. Malbone, Alfred H. Maurer, Louis Maurer, McKay, Alfred J. Miller, Louis C. Moeller, Samuel F. B. Morse, John Neagle, Donald Organ, Bass Otis, Walter Pach, Charles W. Peale, James Peale, Rembrandt Peale, William Penn, Enoch W. Perry, F. E. H. Philippoteaux, Charles P. Polk, T. B. Pope, Rufus Porter, William M. Prior, Walter Quirt, William T. Ranney, Reinhardt, Frederic Remington, Louisa Robins, Severin Roesen, Thomas P. Rossiter, Peter F. Rothermel, Charles M. Russell, Edward Savage, William Sawitzky, Nikol Schattenstein, Christian Schussele, D. Serres, James Sharples, Morris Shulman, John Smibert, Sergei Soudeikin, Haim Soutine, Frederick R. Spencer, Albert Stewart, Robert Street, William J. Strong, Gilbert Stuart, C. (Charles ?) Sullivan, Thomas Sully, Arthur F. Tait, G. Tirrell, John Trumbull, John Vanderlyn, Pieter Vanderlyn, William Von Schlegell, Samuel L. Waldo, Abraham Walkowitz, George Washington, Elbert Weinberg, Julian A. Weir, Thomas B. Welch, Adolph U. Wertmuller, Benjamin West, Anne Whitney, Arnold Wiltz, William E. Winner, S. Wood, and Thomas W. Wood.

The Saint-Memin, Stuart, B. West and Wertmuller files contain material from Albert Rosenthal relating to the above artists.

Arrangement:

Files are arranged alphabetically by artist and subject, rolls NDU1-NDU3; publications and other miscellany were filmed on rolls NDU4-NDU5.

Biographical / Historical:

Albert Duveen was an art dealer and collector with offices in New York, N.Y., specializing in early American art. He was a cousin to Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), 1st Baron Duveen, president of Duveen Brothers art dealers.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1958 by Duveen.

Restrictions:

The Archives does not own the original papers. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.duvealbe2

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98968d056-cbe2-4e51-b974-7ee4067bcbae

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-duvealbe2

Collector:

Zalesch, Saul E.  Search this

Names:

Brooklyn Art Association  Search this

Society of American Artists  Search this

Baldridge, C. LeRoy  Search this

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Betts, Louis, 1873-1961  Search this

Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988  Search this

Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924  Search this

Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Duveneck, Josephine W. (Josephine Whitney), 1891-1978  Search this

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908  Search this

Foster, Ben, 1852-1926  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Gropper, William, 1897-1977  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Indiana, Robert, 1928-  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Lage, William Potter  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997  Search this

Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002  Search this

Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836-1897  Search this

Merry, C. M.  Search this

Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912  Search this

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965  Search this

Rogers, John, 1829-1904  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Stankiewicz, Richard, 1922-1983  Search this

Story, Franklin H.  Search this

Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Teal, William P.  Search this

Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Williams, Gluyas, 1888-  Search this

Extent:

58 Items ((portions microfilmed on 1 reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1834-1973

Scope and Contents:

Artists' letters and documents collected by Zalesch and letters written to him in response to inquiries concnering autographs and biographical information.

REEL 3097: Twenty-six letters (1845-1973) written by George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Isabel Bishop, Frederick Stuart Church, Thomas Doughty, Ernest Fenollosa, Ben Foster, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, John La Farge, Homer Dodge Martin, Joseph Pennell, Edward Willis Redfield, John Rogers, John Singer Sargent, Richard Stankiewicz, Thomas Sully, and Elihu Vedder. Also included are a Harvard University bond for William Wetmore Story's tuition signed by Franklin H. Story (1834) and a biographical questionnaire completed by John La Farge for The Cyclopedia of American Biography (1925).

UNMICROFILMED: Letters written by Roy Lichtenstein, William Gropper, Gluyas Williams, Ordway Partridge, Frederick Burr Opper, James Wells Champney, C. Gray Parker, Ben Foster, Louis Betts, Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge, Richard Lippold, Romare Bearden, Isabel Bishop, Thomas Hart Benton, Richard Stankiewicz, and others; a brochure for a work of art by Robert Indiana; a certificate from The Brooklyn Art Association for one share of capital stock in the name of William Potter Lage; one page of correspondence documenting a decision made for the Society of American Artists containing a note from Francis D. Millet to J. Alden Weir, followed by a note from Weir to Frederic Church, signed "O.K." by Church.

Vol. XXVI, no. 5, Feb. 1924 periodical, Old Hughes, published by the students of Hughes High school in Cincinnati, Ohio containing a published exchange of letters between principal C. M. Merry and Josephine W. Duveneck, daughter-in-law of painter Frank Duveneck about the Hughes High School purchasing a painting by Duveneck, and a reminiscence of Duveneck by William P. Teal, head of the art department at Hughes High School.

Biographical / Historical:

Saul Zalesch, an art historian, began collecting artists' letters around 1981.

Provenance:

This collection of letters was lent for microfilming by Zalesch in 1984 (reel 3097). Zalesch donated an additional three letters in 1993, twenty-five in 1999, one letter in 2008, and a publication in 2009.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.zalesaul

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw944fc0c8c-cd38-4b95-87d2-9a809479294d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zalesaul

Creator:

Cikovsky, Nicolai, 1894-  Search this

Names:

Carnegie Institute  Search this

Department of the Interior Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Extent:

80 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1939-1964

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, 1941-1960; exhibition catalogs; clippings; a sketchbook (20.2 x 12.5 cm., 21 pages drawn), pencil, ink & watercolor on paper, signed, 1943; and photographs.

Among the photographs are 2 of Cikovsky, 1 of him in his studio which was once occupied by Frank Duveneck, 6 of exhibits at the Carnegie Institute, 1944-1950, and 40 of his art work, including 4 of the Treasury Dept. Fine Arts Project-sponsored Dept. of Interior murals and 3 of cartoons for that mural, 1938; 3 of the Treasury Dept. Section of Painting & Sculpture-sponsored mural painting entitled, "The Old Tavern," in the Silver Spring, Maryland post office, shown with Cikovsky and postmaster, 1936, and 5 of cartoons for the Treasury Dept. Section of Fine Arts-sponsored murals for the post office in Towson, Maryland, 1939.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, muralist; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Donated 1966 by Nicolai Cikovsky.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Function:

Post office buildings -- Maryland

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.cikonico

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e8ce4539-79d0-402d-8a21-737e7beebcec

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cikonico

Creator:

Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939  Search this

Names:

Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Gray, Percy, 1869-1952  Search this

Keith, William, 1838-1911  Search this

Peck, Orrin, 1860-1921  Search this

Peters, Charles Rollo, 1862-1928  Search this

Russel, Alexander, Mrs  Search this

Sandona, Matteo, b. 1883  Search this

Shenson, A. Jess  Search this

Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935  Search this

Extent:

296 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1881-1967

Scope and Contents:

Letters received, 1884-1967, concern Wores' art work, the Bohemian Club, the work of sculptor Douglas Tilden, and other matters. William Keith writes of his own work and choice of subject matter. Other correspondents include Orrin Peck, Frank Duveneck, Charles Rollo Peters, Mrs. Alexander Russel, Matteo Sandona, and Percy Gray. In addition, there are two scrapbooks, 1881-1938; a typescript of CALIFORNIA ART RESEARCH, 1937-Abstract from WPA Project 2874, which is a monograph on Wores with penciled corrections by him; and 5 articles from THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE, 1889-1899, 4 of them written by Wores, and 1 illustrated by him.

Biographical / Historical:

Landscape painter, portrait painter, illustrator, teacher. Year of birth also cited as 1860. Born in San Francisco, resided many places.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming April 1974 by A. Jess Shenson, M.D., along with his brother Ben who spent many years researching Wores.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Portrait painters  Search this

Illustrators  Search this

Landscape painters  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- United States  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.woretheo

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97d8e0f2e-310c-47c5-9738-ec4a0fae0bcc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-woretheo

Creator:

Shaw, Edwin Coupland, 1863-1941  Search this

Names:

Akron Art Institute  Search this

Carrig-Rohane Shop (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

E. & A. Milch, Inc.  Search this

Ferargil Galleries  Search this

Gorham Company. Dept. of Sculpture (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Grand Central Art Galleries  Search this

Hatfield & Clark (Firm: Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Howard Young Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

J.W. Young (Gallery)  Search this

M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

Montross Gallery  Search this

R.C. & N.M. Vose (Firm)  Search this

Robert C. Vose Galleries  Search this

Thomas Whipple Dunbar Art Galleries (Milwaukee, Wis.)  Search this

Thurber Art Galleries (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Barrie, Erwin S., 1886-1983  Search this

Batts, J. E.  Search this

Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919  Search this

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931  Search this

Daingerfield, Elliott, 1859-1932  Search this

Dallin, Cyrus E. (Cyrus Edwin), 1861-1944  Search this

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933  Search this

Davis, Warren, 1865-1928  Search this

Derujinsky, Gleb W., 1888-1975  Search this

Dewey, Charles M., 1849-1937  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938  Search this

Dougherty, Paul, 1877-1947  Search this

Dunbar, Thomas Whipple  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Eaton, Charles Warren, 1857-1937  Search this

Frieseke, Frederick C. (Frederick Carl), 1874-1939  Search this

Fuller, George, 1822-1884  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953  Search this

Gerrity, Thomas F., 1873-1935  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Hatfield, D. H.  Search this

Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930  Search this

Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Johansen, John C. (John Christen), 1876-1964  Search this

Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Lathrop, William Langson, 1859-1938  Search this

MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937  Search this

MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947  Search this

Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925  Search this

Milch, Albert, 1881-1951  Search this

Minns, Hervey W.  Search this

Montross, N. E. (Newman E), 1849-1932  Search this

Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945  Search this

Murphy, John Francis, 1853-1921  Search this

Price, F. Newlin (Frederic Newlin)  Search this

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950  Search this

Purdy, W. Frank, 1865-1943  Search this

Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916  Search this

Ritschel, William, 1864-1949  Search this

Russell, T. H. (Thomas H)  Search this

Russman, Felix, 1888-1962  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this

Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911  Search this

Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, 1874-1940  Search this

Shonnard, Eugenie Frederica, 1886-1978  Search this

Torrey, Elliot, 1867-1949  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Turner, Helen Maria, 1858-1958  Search this

Twachtman, John Henry, 1853-1902  Search this

Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923  Search this

Vonnoh, Bessie Potter, 1872-1955  Search this

Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933  Search this

Walker, Horatio, 1858-1938  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Williams, Frederick Ballard, 1871-1956  Search this

Wolf, Henry, 1852-1916  Search this

Young, J. W.  Search this

Extent:

3 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1864-1937

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence with dealers, artists, museums, publishers, photography studios, and others regarding art purchases, loans, and Shaw's collection; and 16 v. of scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, and biographical information on artists. Much of the correspondence with artists relates to Shaw's requests for the information which was then used in the scrapbooks. Also included is one volume compiled in 1947 outlining the contents of the scrapbooks.

REELS 1124-1125: 16 vol. of scrapbooks, 1864-1930, relating to artists represented in Shaw's collection, containing letters, many from artists, photographs of artists and their work, biographical data, clippings and articles, and comments on their work; and 1 v., "Notes: Edwin C. Shaw Collection of Paintings," compiled in 1947, and annotated "Used at Women's Art League Meeting at Miss Shaw's in 1947 by Mrs. [Jane S.] Barnhardt, who compiled it, and then given to the Art Institute Library," containing an outline of the contents of the 16 v. of scrapbooks.

Artists represented in the scrapbooks include J. Carroll Beckwith, Frank W. Benson, Ralph Blakelock, Emil Carlsen, William Merritt Chase, Timothy Cole, Elliott Daingerfield, Cyrus B. Dallin, Charles Davis, Warren Davis, Gleb Derujinsky, Charles M. Dewey, Thomas W. Dewing, Paul Dougherty, Frank Duveneck, Charles Eaton, Frederick Frieseke, George Fuller, Lillian Genth, Childe Hassam, Charles Hawthorne, William Morris Hunt, George Inness, John Johansen, Isidore Konti, John La Farge, William Lathrop, Frederick MacMonnies, Hermon A. MacNeil, Willard Metcalf, Herman Dudley Murphy, J. Francis Murphy, A. Phimister Proctor, Henry Ward Ranger, William Ritschel, Felix Russmann, Albert P. Ryder, Eugenie F. Shonnard, Lars Gustaf Sellstedt, Elliot Torrey, Dwight Tryon, Helen M. Turner, John Twachtman, Elihu Vedder, Bessie P. Vonnoh, Robert Vonnoh, Horatio Walker, J. Alden Weir, Frederick Ballard Williams, Henry Wolf and "The Ten."

REEL 4597: Correspondence, ca. 1916-1941, concerning art acquisitions with dealers Erwin S. Barrie of Grand Central Art Galleries; Thomas Whipple Dunbar; Frederic Newlin Price and T.H. Russell of Ferargil Galleries; W. Frank Purdy of the Gorham Co. Dept. of Sculpture and later the School of American Sculpture; D.H. Hatfield of Hatfield & Clark; Thomas Gerrity of M. Knoedler & Co.; Robert Macbeth, Robert McIntyre and Henry Miller of the Macbeth Gallery; Albert Milch of E.& A. Milch, Inc.; Newman Montross of Montross Gallery; J.E. Batts of the Thurber Art Galleries; Robert C. Vose of R.C. & N.M. Vose and Vose Galleries, and their frame shop, Carrig-Rohane; Howard Young of Howard Young Galleries; and J.W. Young; correspondence with artists and/or their families requesting the artist's portrait, biographical information and background, including letters from Elliot Daingerfield, Charles Dewey, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John C. Johansen, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Hervey W. Minns, Hermann Dudley Murphy, A.P. Proctor, Eugenie Shonnard, Elliot Torrey, Dwight W. Tryon, Helen M. Turner, and Horatio Walker, and the families of J. Carroll Beckwith, George Inness, Lars Gustaf Sellstedt, John Henry Twachtman and J. Alden Weir; correspondence with the Dayton Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art regarding works lent for exhibition; with publisher Frederic Fairchild Sherman; with photography studios; and other miscellaneous correspondence.

Biographical / Historical:

Art collector; Akron, Ohio. Shaw, a BF Goodrich executive and avid collector of post-Civil War American art, was one of the founders of the Akron Art Institute, now the Akron Art Museum.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1976 and 1992 by the Akron Art Museum. Shaw bequethed his art collection and papers to the Museum, then named the Akron Art Institute.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Akron  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.shawedwi

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d3e07d59-27ae-4884-8e7e-da91331b95e9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shawedwi

Creator:

Rettig, John, 1858-1932  Search this

Names:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Potthast, Edward, 1857-1927  Search this

Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917  Search this

Extent:

900 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca. 1840-1965]

Scope and Contents:

Biographical materials including passport, business card, and membership cards; correspondence, ca. 1887-1965, including letters from Frank Duveneck and Auguste Rodin; writings; inventories of works of art; lists of picture owners and exhibition visitors; list of contents of his Dutch room in Ohio; one painting by Rettig and a sketch of Rettig by Edward Henry Potthast; 2 sketchbooks; financial records, ca. 1902-1909; exhibition catalogs, ca. 1896-1965; 15 reproductions of his art works; 5 theater programs featuring Rettig's set designs; newspaper clippings and magazine articles featuring Rettig and others, ca. 1840-1957; printed miscellany; and photographs of Rettig in his studios, in Holland with his models, and of his art work.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, set designer; Cincinnati, Ohio. Best known for his elaborate set designs and Dutch paintings. Attended the Cincinnati Art School receiving a diploma in decorative design in 1875. Traveled widely and utilized knowledge gained abroad for the creation of his historical shows, such as "The Fall of Babylon" and "Montezuma or the Conquest of Mexico." Some were produced under contract with Barnum and Bailey. During the latter part of his life, he and his wife frequently visited Volendam, Holland; sights there figure in his paintings of the period. After years of collecting Dutch artifacts, the Rettigs created an authentic Dutch room in their home in Ohio.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1985 by Elizabeth Youssef, niece of Rettig.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Designers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.rettjohn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f7b314fa-2612-4cd3-bfc9-6f08c96c744d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rettjohn

Creator:

Nichols, James C.  Search this

Names:

Chaffee, Oliver Newberry, 1881-1944  Search this

Currier, J. Frank (Joseph Frank), 1843-1909  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this

Juergens, Alfred, 1866-1934  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Twachtman, John Henry, 1853-1902  Search this

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903  Search this

Extent:

0.6 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

1885-1975

Scope and Contents:

Scrapbooks containing printed material, photographs and correspondence relating to Oliver Newberry Chaffee and Alfred Juergens.

REEL 991: Two scrapbooks compiled by Nichols on Alfred Juergens including correspondence between Nichols and Juergens concerning his work, and between Nichols and Francis Tikalsky, Juergens' biographer and friend, mentioning Frank Currier, Frank Duveneck, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler, and letters to Juergens from A. Chatain and J.H. Guest; biographical information; photographs of Juergens, his wife, his work, of Currier and his work and of Duveneck's portrait of Currier; sketches from Munich and Rothenberg (not all microfilmed); lists of works in exhibitions and collections; and clippings and obituaries.

REEL 2299: A scrapbook compiled by Nichols in 1975 on Oliver Newberry Chaffee containing mainly photocopies of: letters to Chaffee and Nichols; exhibition catalogs and clippings; biographical material; 3 photographs of paintings by Chaffee; and a list of paintings.

Biographical / Historical:

Art dealer; Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Provenance:

The two Juergens scrapbooks were lent for microfilming by Nichols in 1975. He later donated it with the Chaffee scrapbook in 1979. The Juergens scrapboook was assembled in preparation for an exhibition. [Some of the Juergens sketches were not microfilmed.]

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo  Search this

Painters -- Germany -- Munich  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.nichjame

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97f947596-4f51-4e7c-b553-f2d2bd23f5f0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nichjame

Creator:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((on a partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1918

Scope and Contents:

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.

Biographical / Historical:

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.

Provenance:

Donated by Freda Schutze.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art teachers  Search this

Painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.duvefrph

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99a4f8874-3299-458d-ab59-332b4e6fb851

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-duvefrph

Creator:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Names:

Couper, William, 1853-1942  Search this

Duveneck, Elizabeth Boott, 1846-1888  Search this

Duveneck, Josephine W. (Josephine Whitney), 1891-1978  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Wessel, Bessie Hoover, 1889-1973  Search this

Extent:

1.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Date:

1851-1972

bulk 1851-1919

Summary:

The papers of painter and teacher Frank Duveneck and his wife and painter Elizabeth Boott Duveneck measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1851-1972, bulk 1851-1919. Aspects of the lives and work of the artists are documented in correspondence, creative writings, research notes, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, ephemera, sketches and sketchbooks, and vintage photographs.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter and teacher Frank Duveneck and his wife, painter Elizabeth Boott Duveneck measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1851-1972, bulk 1851-1919. Aspects of the lives and work of the artists are documented in correspondence, creative writings, research notes, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, ephemera, sketches and sketchbooks, and vintage photographs.

The limited amount of correspondence in this collection includes separate letters from Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Duveneck, primarily to family members, which describe studies and travel abroad, works in progress, exhibitions, and after their marriage, reports on family life. Frank Duveneck's correspondence also includes a letter from sculptor William Couper concerning the marble for a memorial to Elizabeth Boott Duveneck. There is also a folder of letters to and from Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Duvencek, the son and daughter-in-law of the artist couple, that include reminiscences about Frank Duveneck from former student Bessie Wessel and a letter to Francis Duveneck from Daniel Chester French requesting permission to make a bronze from the plaster cast of the Duveneck's effigy of Elizabeth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Writings include Elizabeth Boott Duveneck's diary, a typescript of a speech attributed to Frank Duveneck, and research notes compiled by daughter-in-law Josephine Duveneck in preparation for her biography of her father-in-law.

Printed materials consist primarily of newspaper clippings and magazine articles on Frank Duveneck, but also include his Munich Royal Academy card and copy certificate from the Ministry of Florence, Italy. Newspaper clippings may also be found in the Scrapbook series, including Elizabeth Boott Duveneck's scrapbook of exhibition reviews of her paintings, and two folders of clippings pertaining to Frank Duveneck compiled by Josephine Duveneck. Frank Duveneck's scrapbook contains printed illustrations compiled by the artist while he was studying art in Munich.

Sketchbooks and sketches consist of four sketchbooks by Elizabeth Boott Duvenck and three by Frank Duveneck that document their growth as artists as they span several decades (particularly in the case of Elizabeth) of their respective careers. There are also two folders of loose, mostly early, portrait sketches by Elizabeth Boott Duveneck.

Vintage photographs depict Frank Duveneck alone, with family and friends, Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, Francis Boott with his daughter, John Twachtman, art classes including one of Wilhelm von Diez's classes in Munich, and a group photograph of the jury of the 1915 Panama-Pacific exposition. There is only one photograph that includes both Frank and Elizabeth Duveneck together along with her father Francis Boott and nurse Ann Shenston.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 6 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1856-1971 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 2: Writings and Notes, circa 1873-1970 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1871-1972 (Box 1; 6 folders)

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1871-1962 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 5: Sketchbooks and Sketches, circa 1857-1886 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1851-1970 (Boxes 1-2; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Painter, etcher, and one of the most influential American art instructors of the nineteenth century, Frank Duveneck was born Frank Decker to German immigrants Bernard and Katherine Decker on October 9, 1848 in Covington, Kentucky. He acquired the name Duveneck from his stepfather after his father's death and mother's remarriage. Family and friends recognized his artistic talents early on and he was apprenticed to local German artisans who decorated churches through most of the 1860s. In 1870 he traveled to Munich to study at the prestigious Konigliche Akademie (Royal Academy), where he was quickly promoted to life classes and the painting class of Wilhelm von Diez. He quickly earned a reputation as the leading American artist in the Academy. Duveneck was only 24 in 1872 when painted one of his most well-known paintings, Whistling Boy.

Due to dwindling funds and a cholera epidemic in Europe, Duveneck returned to the United States in 1873 and began teaching at the Ohio Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati the following year, where John H. Twachtman was among his students. An 1875 exhibition of his paintings at the Boston Art Club met with critical and public acclaim. He also attracted the attention of William Morris Hunt, novelist Henry James, and his future wife, Elizabeth Boott, who was one among those who deeply admired his work, although the pair were not to meet for another three years. After his return to Munich later that year, he became part of a tightly knit group of other American artists including Frank Currier, William Merritt Chase, and Walter Shirlaw. All four artists exhibited their work in the United States in such venues as the National Academy of Design's annual exhibition of 1877, and the first exhibition of the Society of American Artists in 1878, which may have contributed to the increased popularity of the Royal Academy in Munich as a destination for young American artists. As enrollment rose, classes became overcrowded and Duveneck began teaching in Munich. A group of younger students, including John Alexander, and John H. Twachtman, who had followed the artist from Cincinnati to Munich, became known as the "Duveneck Boys." He also had acquired a private female student, Elizabeth Boott, who had traveled to Munich to study with him.

The painter Elizabeth Boott, known primarily as "Lizzie," was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 13, 1846 and was raised by her widowed father, the prominent Bostonian Francis Boott. The pair moved to Florence, Italy, when Lizzie was just a year old, after the death of her mother and brother from tuberculosis. Similar to Duveneck, Lizzie Boott's talent for drawing was recognized and encouraged at an early age. Early drawings preserved by her father consist of portraits of their well-known Anglo-American friends including Robert Browning, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Henry Higginson, founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Bootts briefly returned to Boston in 1865, at which time Lizzie met the novelist Henry James, who became a close life-long friend of both her and her father. Through James, she learned of the artist William Morris Hunt, and entered his class in Boston for women artists. She established close friendships with several of the women whom she met through Hunt's class, and they traveled together through Italy and Spain, took classes with the French artist Thomas Couture, and studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. They also made up the group of female students that formed a class of women artists taught by Duveneck, whom Lizzie had persuaded to teach in Florence in 1879. Duveneck, along with a band of "Duveneck Boys" embarked upon a two year stay in Florence and Venice.

During this period in Italy, Duveneck experimented with with hard ground etchings, creating Venetian scenes similar to those produced by James McNeil Whistler. His painting changed as he focused more on landscapes executed in a ligher, more highly keyed palette, perhaps influenced by Lizzie Boott, who painted vibrant watercolor Italian landscapes during this period and with whom he began an extended courtship in 1880. Although Francis Boott admired Duveneck's work and had acquired one his portraits during the artist's successful 1875 exhibition at the Boston Arts Club, neither he nor family friends approved of the bohemian artist as a husband for his accomplished patrician daughter. However the pair eventually married in March 1886, and had a son, Francis Boott Duveneck that December. Tragically, Lizzie Boott died of pneumonia on March 22, 1888. Although he was not a sculptor, one of Duvenecks' most admired works is the effigy that he created with the help of sculptor Clement J. Barnhorn, for his wife's tomb in Florence, casts of which may be viewed at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

After his wife's death Duveneck returned to America, spending most of his time in his Cincinnati studio and teaching painting classes at the Cincinnati Art Museum. At the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, two galleries at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, were allotted to Duveneck for a retrospective of his work. The jury awarded him a gold medal of honor to commemorate his contributions to American Art. Frank Duveneck died in Cincinnati on January 3, 1919.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming. Reel 792 includes a group of eighty-four pencil sketches and caricatures of his students by Frank Duveneck and four black and white photographic reproductions of works of art. Reel 1097 contains correspondence, 1845-1919, of Duveneck and his wife, Elizabeth Boott Duveneck. Included are two letters from Duveneck to Theodore Wores and seven letters from Julius Rolshoven. Other correspondents include John W. Beatty, William Couper, Daniel Chester French, Mrs. Walter Shirlaw, and Thad Welch. Many of the letters from Elizabeth Boott were written from Europe, including 11 to William Morris Hunt's painting class (1876-1880), and a lengthy account of her travels written to her father (1881). Reel 1151 contains exhibition catalogs that were donated to the Archives of American Art with the Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers. While this material was transferred to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Gallery Library in 1976, all other materials were returned to the lenders and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The papers of Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Duveneck, the son and daughter-in-law of Frank and Elizabeth Duveneck in 1974 with additional material lent for microfilming. In 1974, the Cincinnati Historical Society donated photocopies of original letters that were microfilmed and discarded. A portrait photograph of Frank Duveneck was donated in 1985 by Freda Schutze.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Occupation:

Art teachers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Painters -- United States  Search this

Painters -- Germany  Search this

Art teachers -- Germany  Search this

Topic:

Munich school of painting -- Influence  Search this

Painting, American  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Citation:

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, 1851-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.duvefran

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Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9824896e3-6521-4091-9d8b-87cf698c8302

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-duvefran

Collection Creator:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Extent:

(Box 1, 4 folders)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1856-1971

Scope and Contents note:

Found in this series are a letters from Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duvenek to friends and family and a small group of letters addressed to their son and daughter-in-law, Francis and Josephine Duveneck, which contain remembrances of Frank Duvenceck by fellow artists and former pupils. Additionally there is a folder of letters and letter fragments from unidentified correspondents.

Letters from Elizabeth Boott Duveneck include childhood letters written to her uncle Arthur Lyman. However, the most of the letters was written after her marriage to Frank Duveneck. In letters to her father Francis Boott, mother-in-law Katherine Duveneck and an unidentified friend she describes their current work, family life, and travels. Elizabeth, who lived most of her life in Florence, Italy, noted that her husband was "too American to stay always here," and wrote of their plans to eventually return to the United States.

Frank Duveneck's letters were also mostly to friends and family, and include descriptions of his stays in Munich and Paris, the shock of the untimely death of his wife, and descriptions of works in progress. Of particular note is his correspondence with his father-in-law Francis Boott, in which he discusses being an artist in the United States, the sculptors Daniel Chester French and Augustus St. Gaudins and their hold on the commissions for public monuments and his own recent election to the presidency of the Society of Western Artists. There is also a letter from the sculptor William Couper concerning the marble memorial for Elizabeth Boott. Included in this folder are photocopies of illustrated letters that Duveneck sent home to his family while he was studying in Munich.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, 1851-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.duvefran, Series 1

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Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fefd5fcf-1a23-4098-bc4e-af2d9941f35a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-duvefran-ref15

Collection Creator:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1856-1887

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, 1851-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c0456456-65e1-4539-be53-ef07c0948d22

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-duvefran-ref16

Collection Creator:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1917-1918

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, 1851-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90b793978-d256-4db7-b191-cfa5c59533de

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-duvefran-ref17

Collection Creator:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1879-1971

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, 1851-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99f923327-e4bd-4b09-adf7-db95a8f4d580

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-duvefran-ref18

Collection Creator:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1870-1956

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, 1851-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers

Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d2a6063f-5e80-4ed2-840b-abc7ca0ca623

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-duvefran-ref19