Early Life, Family and Training William Gedney Bunce was born in 1840 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was the son of James M. Bunce and Elizabeth Chester. His early years in Hartford provided the foundation for a life spent observing the light and form of the landscape. In 1856, he began receiving formal art instruction under Julius Theodore Busch, a painter from Dresden who had settled in Hartford. The training Bunce received was stead…
Scroll through William Gedney Bunce's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups William Gedney Bunce's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
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