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painter
William Gedney Bunce was an American painter.
Olin Levi Warner, William Gedney Bunce, , plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
He is famous for his paintings of Venetian landscapes.
Background
William Gedney Bunce was born on September 19, 1840 in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of James M. and Elizabeth Chester Bunce.
Education
His early art education was obtained at the Cooper Union School of New York and from the artist William Hart of that city, with whom he continued to study until he sailed for Europe in 1867 to become an artist resident of Paris.
His studio there joined that of the famous sculptor Saint-Gaudens, who became his intimate friend and materially influenced the work of the young artist.
Later he studied art technique under Achenbach in Munich, taking still further studies with the well-known marine painter P.
J. Hays in Antwerp. A painting by Ziem led Bunce to go to Venice to live, study, and paint.
Career
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