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Frank Vincent DuMond was an American illustrator and painter. He was born in Rochester, NY in 1865.

DuMond studied at the Art Students League in the 1880s. Later in the decade, he worked as an illustrator for publications including “New York Daily Graphic,” “Century,” “Scribner’s,” and “Harper’s Monthly.”

In 1888, DuMond traveled to Paris to attend the Acedémie Julian. There he studied with artists Benjamin Constant, Gustave Boulanger, and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre.

After returning to New York, DuMond began teaching at the Art Students League, where he remained a teacher for more than 50 years. Some of his famous pupils included Georgia O’Keeffe and Norman Rockwell.

As a painter, DuMond captured landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. He was a member of the Old Lyme Art Colony, where he captured many of the surrounding landscapes.

In addition to The National Arts Club, his work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian, the Society of Illustrators, the New Britain Museum of American Art, among others.

DuMond died in 1951.