FREDERICK, Md. — Francis Joseph “Frank” DuVal

of Frederick, Md., died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, after a short illness, with family by his side in the home of his friends, Mike Davis and Laura McClure. He was born to Hélene Cau DuVal and Ted DuVal of Jenkintown, Pa., in 1945.

He received a BA in art from the Catholic University of America where he achieved record-breaking titles in free-style and butterfly swimming events.

After living in the D.C. area for nearly two decades, Frank settled in Frederick, Md. in 1986 and became involved in the Weinberg Center, the Frederick Arts Council and the Delaplaine Arts Center.

His drawings, paintings and postcards featured a wide variety of subjects including jazz musicians, dancers, wildlife, masterworks, celebrities and lady golfers (commissioned by the LPGA).

Frank followed his passion for art throughout his life, with his work being widely exhibited in over 25 solo shows since 1970 throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina and the University of Arkansas.

He served as an artist-in-residence in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota and the Everglades Park in Florida.

He is survived by his brother, John DuVal and wife Kay of Fayetteville, Ark.; sister Anne Quigley and husband Stephen of West Chester, Pa.; by what Frank called his neblings, Niell DuVal and wife Anjana Padmanabhan of Washington, D.C., Kathleen DuVal and husband Marty Smith of Durham, N.C., Carol Quigley of West Chester, Pa., Stephen Quigley and wife Michelle of Beaverdam, Va., and Mary Kay Arnold of Milton, Fla.; and six great-neblings.

The joy he brought through his warm humor and wit will be missed by his family and his innumerable friends, with whom he continued to keep in touch through his personally-illustrated postcards for over five decades.