PREFACE

IN a well-known dictionary of American artists
in which considerable space is devoted to al-
most all of our artists, we find under Frank
Duveneck's name just a small paragraph, and
under that the editor's remark: " No answer to
circular." This is characteristic of Duveneck.
Since it was not a very easy matter to get the
chronology of the works and most interesting
facts in connection with them correctly, I am
especially indebted to those who have aided me
in the preparation of this little work, to Mrs.
William B. Pratt, Mr. Clement Barnhorn, and
Mr. Oliver Dennett Grover. For permission to
make use of photographs of their paintings by
Duveneck I am grateful to the Cincinnati Mu-
seum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Chi-