Frank DuMond

Frank Vincent DuMond was one of the most influential teacherpainters in 20thcentury America. He was an illustrator and American Impressionist painter of portraits and landscapes, and a prominent teacher who instructed thousands of art students throughout a career spanning over fifty years.

Frank Vincent DuMond was born on August 20, 1865 in Rochester, New York, to a plumbing equipment manufacturer. He was interested in drawing from a young age, and was involved in the local art scene in the early 1880s. He got a job creating illustrations for a sign painting business. After graduating from a Rochester public school, DuMond moved to New York City in 1884.

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