Frank Duveneck . us Rolshoven, OliverDennett Grover, Otto Bacher, Theodore Wen-del, Louis Ritter, Ross Turner, Harper Pen-nington, Charles Forbes, George E. Hopkins,Julian Story, Charles E. Mills, Albert Rein-hart, Charles H. Freeman, Henry Rosenberg,John O. Anderson, Charles Abel Corwin, andothers. Oliver Dennett Grover, the youngestof the group, in speaking about his colleaguessaid that the advice of John Twachtman, ofthe Cincinnati contingent, one of the olderones, whose knowledge was wider, was ap-preciated next to that of the Old Man, asthey lovingly denominated Duveneck. Thenhe continued
Frank Duveneck . us Rolshoven, OliverDennett Grover, Otto Bacher, Theodore Wen-del, Louis Ritter, Ross Turner, Harper Pen-nington, Charles Forbes, George E. Hopkins,Julian Story, Charles E. Mills, Albert Rein-hart, Charles H. Freeman, Henry Rosenberg,John O. Anderson, Charles Abel Corwin, andothers. Oliver Dennett Grover, the youngestof the group, in speaking about his colleaguessaid that the advice of John Twachtman, ofthe Cincinnati contingent, one of the olderones, whose knowledge was wider, was ap-preciated next to that of the Old Man, asthey lovingly denominated Duveneck. Thenhe continued: Joseph DeCamp was justplain Joe in those days, the breeziest, cheek-iest, most warm-hearted Bohemian in of life, energy, and ambition, he workedunceasingly and gave and took many a hardknock. Rolshoven too was endowed by nature RED-HAIRED MAN WITH RUFF1876 This head recalls Rubens. It is full of character, strongly con-structed, closely drawn, and of astonishing luminosity. The brush-work is RED-HAIRED MAN WITH RUFF1876 FRANK DUVENECK 49 with the artistic temperament, making it espe-cially difficult for him to adapt himself to rou-tine work. Alexander, of course, was the bornfavorite and leader which he continued to bethroughout his life. We always thought, hadAlexander not chosen art as his vocation, hemight have become a great diplomat. I remem-ber him at the last annual meeting of the Na-tional Academy of Design at which he presided,and during the little while I could converse withhim he took occasion to speak of student days,and to voice feelingly his sense of the obliga-tion he and all of us were under to Duveneck;incidentally, also, recalling Sargents beautifulestimate of him. The student days in Italywere all too short, but while they lasted theywere more significant, probably, than a simi-lar period in the lives of most students, becausemore intensified, more concentrated. The usualstudent experiences of work and play, elationand dejection, feast
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