Dennis Miller Bunker

(Am. 1861-1890)

On the Bank of the Oise, France, 1883

Oil on canvas, framed

Signed and dated l.l., Godel and Co. label, New Britain Museum of American Art label, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc. label and Davis and Long Company label on backing verso, Berry Hill stamps and Brooklyn Museum sticker on stretcher verso

26 1/2" x 36 1/2" actual, 37 3/8" x 47 1/4" framed

Literature:

J.I. Edwards, "Dennis Miller Bunker Rediscovered" in 19th Century Magazine, Spring 1978, p. 74, illustrated W. H. Gerdts, American Impressionism, New York, 1984, pp. 83-4, illustrated H. B. Weinberg, The American Pupils of Jean-Leon Gérôme, Fort Worth, Texas, 1984, p. 91, illustrated H. B. Weinberg, The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth Century American Painters and Their French Teachers, New York, 1991, p. 125 H. B. Weinberg, D. Bolger and D. P. Curry, American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915, New York, 1994, p. 348, illustrated E. E. Hirschler, Dennis Miller Bunker, American Impressionist, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994, p. 29, illustrated as Fig. 7

Exhibited:

Society of American Artists, New York, NY, May - June 1884, no. 18 Twelfth Annual Interstate Industrial Exhibition of Chicago, IL, September - October 1884, no. 363 Exhibition of Paintings by Dennis M. Bunker, Noyes & Blakeslee Galleries, Boston, MA, 1885, no. 7 (as Bank of the Oise) Exhibition of the Pictures of Dennis Miller Bunker, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, January - February 1891, no. 40 (as The Banks of the Oise) Painting in America, Yesterday and Tomorrow, Decorative Arts Center, New York, Winter 1973 Dennis Miller Bunker (1861-1890) Rediscovered, arranged by the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, April 1 - May 17, 1978, no. 9 (as On the Banks of the Oise); exhibition traveled to Davis & Long Company, New York, NY, June 7 - June 30, 1978