Frank Vincent Du Mond

Frank DuMond painted portraits and landscapes, and for sixty years he taught at the Art Students League. He was the best known and best loved art teacher in the country. He, himself, had studied in Paris under Boulanger, Lefebvre and Constant, but he brought to his pupils far more than skills and technique. He gave them a mature philosophy and understanding that kept his classes crowded year after year. He used to say: “We are all in a strange forest; and because I’ve been here longer, I am to guide you part of the way. Reaching that, I will tell you what I think is ahead. From there, it is yours to go on.”

Fame came to many of his pupils, and he delighted in their success. He taught new ambitious youngsters as tirelessly as he had labored over those whose names are now great in the world of painting. Tall, energetic, possessing the artist’s undefeated youth, he would climb four flights of stairs to his studio as easily as he did the green hills of Vermont where he taught his summer classes at Pownal.

His life was long and happy and filled with affection and friends. Students came to him to learn to paint, and he taught them the art of living.

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1951/1952 Century Association Yearbook