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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.

Life

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.

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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 exhibi