Dennis Miller Bunker: American impressionist

[Bunker, Dennis Miller] Hirshler, Erica E. Dennis Miller Bunker American Impressionist. With an essay by David Park Curry. Introduction by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and contributions by Efrat Adler Porat and Deanna M. Griffin. First Edition. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1994. 28.5cm x 26cm. 190 pages with 46 full colour plates and 68 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Rare Hardcover-Edition. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example: From the School of Mud to the School of Open Air/ The Metamorphosis of Dennis Miller Bunker/ Reconstructing Bunker/ Dennis Miller Bunker (November 6, 1861 - December 28, 1890) was an American painter and innovator of American Impressionism. His mature works include both brightly colored landscape paintings and dark, finely drawn portraits and figures. One of the major American painters of the late 19th century, and a friend of many prominent artists of the era, Bunker died from meningitis at the age of 29. Bunker was born in New York City to Matthew Bunker, the secretary-treasurer of the Union Ferry Company, and his wife, Mary Anne Eytinge Bunker. In 1876 he enrolled at the Art Students League of New York and the National Academy of Design. By 1880 he was participating in the annual exhibitions of the National Academy, the American Watercolor Society, and the Brooklyn Art Association. In 1881 Bunker exhibited a watercolor at the Boston Art Club. He subsequently exhibited both oil paintings and watercolors at the Club in 1882 and 1883. In 1886, the American printmaker Louis Prang exhibited two of Bunker's works from his own collection at the Club. In 1882 Bunker left New York to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, most notably with Jean-Léon Gérôme. In the spring of 1883, accompanied by fellow students Charles A. Platt and Kenn..