Art for Sale Details

Louis Demott Bunce

Louis Demott Bunce (1907 - 1983) was active/lived in Oregon, Wyoming.  Louis Bunce is known for Modernist painting, surreal views, birds, non objective, prints.

Louis Bunce, a major painter and printmaker beginning in the 1930s, is considered a legend in Oregon modernism.  Known for variations on Surrealism in the 1930s and 1940s, nature-based adaptations of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s and 1960s, and geometric compositions related to Minimalism in the 1970s, he created a body of work that resonates with international modernism.  He influenced many artists in the Pacific Northwest, including those who studied with him at the Museum Art School (now Pacific Northwest College of Art), where he taught from 1946 to 1972.

Louis Demott Bunce was born in Lander, Wyoming, in 1907 and moved with his family to Portland in 1920.  He studied at the Museum Art School in 1925-1926, where he became friends with fellow student William Givler.  Both enrolled at the Art Students League in New York; Bunce studied there from 1927 to 1931.

In Oregon, Bunce worked with the Public Works of Art Project in Portland in 1934 and   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4335 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 25 auction lots for Louis Demott Bunce (of which 19 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 1 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 6 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Louis Demott Bunce as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Louis Demott Bunce in 0 of its research Essays. Louis Demott Bunce has 8 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Louis Demott Bunce available:    Amanda Tester Snyder,  Carl Morris,  Kenneth Callahan,  Alden C Mason,  Clyde Leon Keller,  Virginia Banks,  William Ivey,  Paul Horiuchi,  George Tsutakawa,  Robert Sperry,  Wendell Brazeau,  Richard Gilkey,  Kathleen Parks Adkison,  Neil Meitzler,  Guy Irving Anderson,  Eliza Barchus,  William Cumming,  Edward Burns Quigley,  Windsor Utley,  Frank Okada,  John Koenig,  Paul Havas,  Jay (John Jay) Steensma,  Morris Graves