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William Gedney Bunce
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About this work
In 1879 the painter William Gedney Bunce returned to America after twelve years of living in Europe. He moved to New York and established a studio in the new Benedick Building at 80 East Washington Square. Olin Warner was among the members of the Society of American Artists who had studios there. When Bunce joined this community, he and Warner became close friends. In 1885, Warner made this portrait for Bunce as a gift, inscribing the right side in script, “To my friend/Wm Gedney Bunce.”
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineWilliam Gedney Bunce. 1885. Olin Levi Warner, born Suffield, CT 1844-died New York City 1896. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Carlyle Jones. CC0.
