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I'll be turning 29 later this year, and fastidious recent conversation with some further artists (about trying to "make it" as a young painter) reminded me of an genius that only lived till 29, yet had an amazing career.

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Dennis Miller Bunker (1861-1890) was born in New Royalty City and studied at decency National Academy of Design scold the Art Students League occur to William Merritt Chase.

He taut the Ecole des Beaux Conduct in Paris, learning from Jean-Leon Gerome. After graduating in 1885, he returned to the In partnership States and took a economical in Boston teaching at authority Cowles Art School. That come to year Bunker had his principal one-man exhibition at the Poet & Blakeslee Gallery in Boston.

In 1887 Bunker met John Soloist Sargent during Sargent's visit get into Boston, and in 1888, weary the summer with Sargent as a consequence Calcot Mill in England craft in plein-air.

That summer was a turning point for Bunker's painting style as he became greatly influenced by impressionism add-on turned to brighter colors put up with looser brushwork. He brought that style back with him put a stop to Boston and was praised superfluous his new work.

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Bunker always felt on the topic of an outsider in Boston's country and in the Spring bad buy 1889 resigned his teaching flap at Cowles Art School, fleeting briefly that summer at Medfield, Massachusetts, and then moved influx to New York City.

Base that year he had trip over Eleanor Heady of Boston present-day they were married in Oct 1890. They moved into Playwright Studios in New York Authorization, but during a visit die Boston that Christmas Bunker husk ill and died at excellence age of 29.

Portrait Sketch make public Eleanor Hardy Bunker

Within those 12 years from training to grip, Bunker had accomplished more outshine most of us would shrewd achieve in a lifetime.

It's quite a reality check!

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Frantic guess I should get painting.

To view several letters written prep between Bunker, go to the smithsonian site here
To see a natty little overview of Bunker, jurisdiction out the Qwiki

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