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Frank Duveneck. Born Oct. 9, 1848 - died January 3, 1919. American portraitist.
His work, initially ignored, as was shown in Boston and elsewhere around 1875. Henry James called it "an unsuspecting genius, at age 27 he was already a famous artist. In 1878 Duveneck opened a school in Munich, and in the village survey in Bavaria. His students, known as "Boys Duveneck", - Twachtman, Otto Baker, Dzhalius Rolshoven, and Herman Vessel. In 1886 he married one of his students who greatly admired Henry James - Boston Elizabeth Butt. They lived in Bellosguardo within two years, where she bore him a son. Elizabeth died later in Paris from pneumonia. Duveneck was devastated. After returning from Italy to America, he devoted some attention to sculpture and fashioned a beautiful monument to his wife, who is the English cemetery in Florence. Despite the active nature, the death of Elizabeth slowed his performance - as a rich man, he wanted to lead a life of relative obscurity. He lived in Covington until his death in 1919. and taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, his disciples were: John Christen Johansen, M. Jean MacLaine, Edward Charles Volkert and Rassel Wright.