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1865 Rochester, New York - 1951 New York City. Known for: Genre, portrait and landscape painting, art educator.
The following, submitted by Diana K. Gibson, a student/instructor at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Born in Rochester, New York in 1865, Frank DuMond left his work as an... Read full biography
The following, submitted by Diana K. Gibson, a student/instructor at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Born in Rochester, New York in 1865, Frank DuMond left his work as an illustrator at age 23 to study in the rigorous classical atelier tradition of the Academie Julian Paris in... Read full biography
The following, submitted by Diana K. Gibson, a student/instructor at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Born in Rochester, New York in 1865, Frank DuMond left his work as an illustrator at age 23 to study in the rigorous classical atelier tradition of the Academie Julian Paris in 1888. Upon his return to New York in 1892, DuMond embarked on a painting and teaching term at the Art Students League spanning nearly six decades until his death. A painter of diverse talents, he was... Read full biography
The following, submitted by Diana K. Gibson, a student/instructor at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Born in Rochester, New York in 1865, Frank DuMond left his work as an illustrator at age 23 to study in the rigorous classical atelier tradition of the Academie Julian Paris in 1888. Upon his return to New York in 1892, DuMond embarked on a painting and teaching term at the Art Students League spanning nearly six decades until his death. A painter of diverse talents, he was an accomplished landscape, portrait and still life painter, muralist, and leader of the Tonalist then Impressionist art colonies of Lyme, Connecticut. In particular, DuMond was noted for his use of landscape green. American Impressionist expert... Read full biography
The following, submitted by Diana K. Gibson, a student/instructor at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Born in Rochester, New York in 1865, Frank DuMond left his work as an illustrator at age 23 to study in the rigorous classical atelier tradition of the Academie Julian Paris in 1888. Upon his return to New York in 1892, DuMond embarked on a painting and teaching term at the Art Students League spanning nearly six decades until his death. A painter of diverse talents, he was an accomplished landscape, portrait and still life painter, muralist, and leader of the Tonalist then Impressionist art colonies of Lyme, Connecticut. In particular, DuMond was noted for his use of landscape green. American Impressionist expert William H. Gerdts wrote of DuMond, "As one might speak of Velazquez's blacks, one must speak of DuMo... Read full biography