Theodore Wendel
1859 - 1932
The product of a Midwestern upbringing, he had two years of study
at the University of Cincinnati School of Design and then continued
his art studies in Munich. In 1897, he enrolled in Frank Duveneck's
class at Polling, Bavaria and studied in Italy for several years as
one of the "Duveneck Boys," spending winters in Florence and summers
in Venice. He returned to America in 1881 and then went to Giverny,
France in 1887 and became one of a small group of painters who were
close to Claude Monet.