GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Frank Duveneck enjoyed a long career as a portrait and landscape painter and, particularly, as a gifted teacher who founded a regional school in Cincinnati, Ohio. Like many artists of his generation, he traveled and studied in Europe, where he acquired the dark palette and bravura brushwork preferred by artists in Munich. Late in his career, Duveneck turned to the brighter hues of the impressionists, especially during his summers spent in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Lady with a Red Hat is one of multiple versions that may have been made as demonstration pieces for Duveneck's students. The artist captures the elegance and beauty of the model through interplay of red and green hues. The luminous reflections of sunlight on the woman's costume and skin demonstrate Duveneck's ability to describe light with color, as well as his breathtaking talent for drawing with the brush. Purposefully left in sketchy form, Lady with a Red Hat conveys all the elegance, deft control of brushwork, and coloristic brilliance of French masters such as Edouard Manet. Particularly striking is the strong crimson of the hat and the play of red reflections across the sitter's face. The relaxed atmosphere of summertime enjoyment in this portrait contrasts directly with the sobriety of Duveneck's earlier, darkly tonal paintings. Although difficult to date, this work was most likely painted around the turn of the century, a period when Duveneck was spending a great deal of time in Paris and had purchased a summer home in Gloucester. The Dallas Museum of Art painting closely resembles the subject and technique shown in similar works including Portrait of Maggie Wilson (1898, Museum of Fine Arts Houston), That Summer Afternoon in My Garden (c. 1900, Pfeil Collection), Girl with Parasol (c. 1900, Private Collection), and Woman with a Red Hat and Parasol (c. 1904, collection unknown).
Adapted from
- DMA label copy (1987.368), n.d.
- Steven Nash, DMA acquisition proposal (1987.368), September 1987.
NOTES
Changed from routed to completed- 14 June 2016.
Adding "draft" tag back to note, Dec 19, 2016, as part of the revised harvest/route procedure. This note will be pulled into GDrive and manually moved to Queta's folders for final review. Update- January 18, 2017- Adding #routed tag so that I can easily keep track of this note in Evernote to confirm that it is eventually pushed into GDrive. As of January 18, 2017 the content is in Brain but not in GDrive so I am unable to finish revisions and mark it complete in Evernote or move the GDoc to Queta's folder.
Confirmed note updated in GDrive. Tagged completed and moved GDoc to Queta folder. (1/24/2017)
Removed the text currently shown in curatorial remarks because it is identical to the acquisition proposal by Steven Nash that is also recorded in TMS.
Added geography based on artist's known locations:
Place of origin- Gloucester
Depicted locations- Gloucester
Did not have time to add the following image to Piction and it could not be reliably added as a linked web resource:
Frank Duveneck, Woman with a Red Hat and Parasol. oil on canvas, 27 x 22in, inscribed on reverse "Frank Duveneck 127-1920", Painted circa 1904. Unknown Collection.
Scanned from David Findlay Jr. Inc., American Paintings 1850-1940, gallery publication, page 11.
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RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Before 1987: Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
From 1987: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Joan Michelman, Ltd, NY by the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation
AUDIO ASSETS
Gallery talk- American Portraiture- Martha MacLeod- 3/25/2015
Object number in Piction cataloging.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Frank Duveneck, Girl with Parasol (c. 1900, Private Collection)~Check out another example of Duveneck's paintings from his garden where he used the same model and color scheme.
- Frank Duveneck, Portrait of Maggie Wilson (1898, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX)~Check out another example of Duveneck's paintings from his garden where he used the same model and color scheme.
- Frank Duveneck, That Summer Afternoon in My Garden (c. 1900, Pfeil Collection)~Check out another example of Duveneck's paintings from his garden where he used the same model and color scheme.
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- The model is Maggie Wilson, who may have also posed for the paintings that feature a similar woman and setting presented in a common palette and technique. Ms. Wilson lived next door to Frank Duveneck's mother in Covington, Kentucky. It's possible that Duveneck purchased the white dress and red hat for Ms. Wilson in order to fully examine the effects of light, shadow, and color relationships between the dress, accessories, and garden surroundings.
- Frank Duveneck had two studios in Gloucester. He used one in the mornings to take advantage of early sunlight and the other was optimal for afternoon and evening light.
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General Description
Frank Duveneck enjoyed a long career as a portrait and landscape painter and, particularly, as a gifted teacher who founded a regional school in Cincinnati, Ohio. Like many artists of his generation, he traveled and studied in Europe, where he acquired the dark palette and bravura brushwork preferred by artists in Munich. Late in his career, Duveneck turned to the brighter hues of the impressionists, especially during his summers spent in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Lady with a Red Hat is one of multiple versions that may have been made as demonstration pieces for Duveneck's students. The artist captures the elegance and beauty of the model through interplay of red and green hues. The luminous reflections of sunlight on the woman's costume and skin demonstrate Duveneck's ability to describe light with color, as well as his breathtaking talent for drawing with the brush. Purposefully left in sketchy form, Lady with a Red Hat conveys all the elegance, deft control of brushwork, and coloristic brilliance of French masters such as Edouard Manet. Particularly striking is the strong crimson of the hat and the play of red reflections across the sitter's face. The relaxed atmosphere of summertime enjoyment in this portrait contrasts directly with the sobriety of Duveneck's earlier, darkly tonal paintings. Although difficult to date, this work was most likely painted around the turn of the century, a period when Duveneck was spending a great deal of time in Paris and had purchased a summer home in Gloucester. The Dallas Museum of Art painting closely resembles the subject and technique shown in similar works including Portrait of Maggie Wilson (1898, Museum of Fine Arts Houston), That Summer Afternoon in My Garden (c. 1900, Pfeil Collection), Girl with Parasol (c. 1900, Private Collection), and Woman with a Red Hat and Parasol (c. 1904, collection unknown).
Adapted from
- DMA label copy (1987.368), n.d.
- Steven Nash, DMA acquisition proposal (1987.368), September 1987.
Fun Facts
- The model is Maggie Wilson, who may have also posed for the paintings that feature a similar woman and setting presented in a common palette and technique. Ms. Wilson lived next door to Frank Duveneck's mother in Covington, Kentucky. It's possible that Duveneck purchased the white dress and red hat for Ms. Wilson in order to fully examine the effects of light, shadow, and color relationships between the dress, accessories, and garden surroundings.
- Frank Duveneck had two studios in Gloucester. He used one in the mornings to take advantage of early sunlight and the other was optimal for afternoon and evening light.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Frank Duveneck, Girl with Parasol (c. 1900, Private Collection)~Check out another example of Duveneck's paintings from his garden where he used the same model and color scheme.
- Frank Duveneck, Portrait of Maggie Wilson (1898, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX)~Check out another example of Duveneck's paintings from his garden where he used the same model and color scheme.
- Frank Duveneck, That Summer Afternoon in My Garden (c. 1900, Pfeil Collection)~Check out another example of Duveneck's paintings from his garden where he used the same model and color scheme.
Notes
Changed from routed to completed- 14 June 2016.
Adding "draft" tag back to note, Dec 19, 2016, as part of the revised harvest/route procedure. This note will be pulled into GDrive and manually moved to Queta's folders for final review. Update- January 18, 2017- Adding #routed tag so that I can easily keep track of this note in Evernote to confirm that it is eventually pushed into GDrive. As of January 18, 2017 the content is in Brain but not in GDrive so I am unable to finish revisions and mark it complete in Evernote or move the GDoc to Queta's folder.
Confirmed note updated in GDrive. Tagged completed and moved GDoc to Queta folder. (1/24/2017)
Removed the text currently shown in curatorial remarks because it is identical to the acquisition proposal by Steven Nash that is also recorded in TMS.
Added geography based on artist's known locations:
Place of origin- Gloucester
Depicted locations- Gloucester
Did not have time to add the following image to Piction and it could not be reliably added as a linked web resource:
Frank Duveneck, Woman with a Red Hat and Parasol. oil on canvas, 27 x 22in, inscribed on reverse "Frank Duveneck 127-1920", Painted circa 1904. Unknown Collection.
Scanned from David Findlay Jr. Inc., American Paintings 1850-1940, gallery publication, page 11.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
oil
canvas
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
woman
sitting
hat
sunlight
shading
brush strokes
demonstrations
teacher
summer
green
red
unfinished
profile
fan
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Before 1987: Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
From 1987: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Joan Michelman, Ltd, NY by the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation
AUDIO ASSETS
Gallery talk- American Portraiture- Martha MacLeod- 3/25/2015
Object number in Piction cataloging.
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