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Title: Frank Duveneck
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Heermann, Norbert
Subjects: American art
Publisher: New York: Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
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had to be formed ofabout thirty each, one of Americans and Eng-lish, the other of different nationalities; andwhen the desire to again see Italy took himback to Florence at the end of the followingyear (1879) fully half of his students went withhim. Thus his school was transplanted to thebanks of the Arno, and the members soonestablished themselves in the social as well asthe artistic circles of Florence as the Duve-neck Boys. A live picture of this earnest but exuberantgroup is given in W. D. Howells story ofFlorentine Life, Indian Summer, where theyare called the Inglehart Boys. The breezyreferences to them are invested with a feelingof interest and friendliness. One of the char- PORTRAIT OF J. FRANK CURRIER1876 This powerful portrait of Currier, one of the American personali-ties in Munich at Duvenecks time there, deserves to be better knownin this country. Light is thrown on some of Curriers ferventlydashed-off impressions by the spirit of the eyes as we note them inthis portrait.
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PORTRAIT OF J. FRANK CURRIER1876 FRANK DUVENECK 45 acters introduces them thus: ■ They werehere all last winter and they ve just got back.It s rather exciting for Florence. She gave arapid sketch of the interesting exodus of ascore of young painters from an art school atMunich under the head of the singular andfascinating genius by whose name they be-came known. They had their own school fora while in Munich and then they all camedown into Italy in a body. They had their stu-dio things with them, and they traveled thirdclass, and had the greatest fun. They were asensation in Florence. They went everywhereand were such favorites. I hope they are go-ing to stay.,, Such was the impression ofthem which Howells found in Florence whenhe went there the year after they had dis-banded, and it should be remembered that theFlorence of that day was a rallying place forthe most fascinating people of Europe. The Duveneck Boys stayed together forabout two years working in Florence in the 46 FRANK

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