Dumond's Landscape Demo

An unusual teaching approach to painting

Each year at the Art Students League, Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951) would give a painting demonstration to illustrate some of his ideas about light and atmosphere in landscape. One of his former students, Gifford Beal, wrote the following account of these remarkable and unforgettable demonstrations:

Paintings by Frank Vincent Dumond

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