Art and Ambition, 1887-1927: Frederick Melville DuMond, An American Painter of his TimeAmerican artist Frederick Melville DuMond (1867 1927) studied, painted, and exhibited in Paris, then painted in the American Southwest, France, and Italy. His works, writings, and life exemplify art as a profession for an ambitious American artist. DuMond was complex, adventuresomeromantic, teller of tales, an enterprising American in his quest for success. This study connects his works to academic art study in Paris, tourism in the American west, and