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Creator:
Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this
Duveneck, Elizabeth Boott, Mrs.,, 1846-1888  Search this
Subject:
French, Daniel Chester  Search this
Duveneck, Josephine W. (Josephine Whitney)  Search this
Wessel, Bessie Hoover  Search this
Duveneck, Elizabeth Boott  Search this
Couper, William  Search this
Type:
Scrapbooks
Sketches
Sketchbooks
Photographs
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 6 series: 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)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
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.
Citation:
Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers, 1851-1972, bulk 1851-1919. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
The papers of Frank and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2009, and total 1180 images.
Materials that generally have not been scanned include black and white transparencies and modern copy prints of vintage photographs as well as photographs of works of art. For some publications only the cover, title page and relevant pages have been scanned.
Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel 792, 1097, and 1151 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Funding:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Use Note:
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.
Related Materials:
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.
Biography 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 .
Language Note:
English .
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.
Digitization Note:
The papers of Frank and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2010.The bulk of the papers have been scanned and total 1,181 images.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Munich school of painting -- Influence  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- United States  Search this
Theme:
Diaries  Search this
Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9348
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211544
AAA_collcode_duvefran
Theme:
Diaries
Sketches & Sketchbooks
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211544