Dennis Miller Bunker

Dennis Miller Bunker
Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot, John Singer Sargent, 1888
Born(1861-11-06)November 6, 1861
New York City
DiedDecember 28, 1890(1890-12-28) (aged 29)
NationalityAmerican
EducationArt Students League of New York, National Academy of Design, École des Beaux-Arts
Known forPainting
MovementAmerican Impressionism
AwardsThird Hallgarten Prize (1885)

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,[1] and a friend of many prominent artists of the era, Bunker died from meningitis at the age of 29.

  1. ^ Hirshler, page 16.