Dennis Miller Bunker: American impressionist

Dennis Miller Bunker: American impressionist by Hirshler, Erica E.. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780878464234.

A close friend of William Dean Howells, John Singer Sargent, and the legendary collector Isabella Stewart Gardner, who became his champion, Dennis Miller Bunker (1861-1890) was one of the most talented painters of late 19th-century America. His sudden death at age 29 interrupted one of Bostons most promising talents. This handsomely illustrated volume is the definitive study of Bunkers life and work, and the only book currently available on this fascinating, tragic artist. ADD ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Erica Hirshler is John Moors Cabot Curator of American paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her other books include the forthcoming A Studio of Her Own: Boston Women Artists, 1870-1940.