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Duveneck

American  
[doo-vuh-nek] / ˈdu vəˌnɛk /

noun

  1. Frank Frank Decker, 1848–1919, U.S. painter and teacher.


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Despite his deep aesthetic investment in these people, James never warmed up to the “terribly earthy and unlicked” Duveneck.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2017

Barnes and Bass improvised, ending up in front of “Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck,” a bronze statue made by her surviving husband, Frank Duveneck, in 1891.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 16, 2017

Mr. Duveneck, stern and powerfully built, dancing Mr. Taylor’s own roles, grew steadily sweeter and more powerful.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2016

A big, Viking-bearded Bohemian who took the Munich Academy by storm at 21, then opened his own school in definace of it, Duveneck painted in the spirit of Frans Hals.

From Time Magazine Archive

One thing is evident from this work - that for surety of touch and technical directness he stands practically alone, though he does not possess the deliberate ease in which Duveneck rejoices.

From The Galleries of the Exposition by Neuhaus, Eugen

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