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James Bonnar

James King Bonnar (1883/85 - 1961) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  James Bonnar is known for Landscape, harbor views, murals.

Active in the North Shore, Newton, and Rockport, Massachusetts art associations, James Bonnar was known for his murals in private homes and institutions as well as his autumn and winter harbor and marine paintings of Vermont and New Hampshire.

He was born in North Adams, MA and lived in Newtonville, MA. Bonnar graduated from the Massachusetts School of Art where his teachers included Joseph DeCamp, and Ernest Major. He was the president of the Copley Society of Boston and the Business Men's Art Club of Boston and was a member of the Rockport and North Shore Art Associations. and was a member of the so-called Rockport school of artists along with Emile Gruppe, Aldro Hibbard and Anthony Thieme.

Source:
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
http://www.thevictoriangallery.com/artist/bonnarjk.htm
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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for James Bonnar available:    Jacob Greenleaf,  Bernard Corey,  William Macy,  Otis Pierce Cook Jr,  Carl William Peters,  Walter Farndon,  Bryant Chapin,  Caleb Arnold Slade,  Samuel Lancaster Gerry,  George Frank Higgins,  Harold Dunbar,  Aldro Hibbard,  Antonio Cirino,  Vladimir Pavlosky,  Reynolds Beal,  Peter Mayer,  John Cuthbert Hare,  Charles Herbert Woodbury,  Anthony Thieme,  Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr,  Dines Carlsen,  Joseph Enneking,  Martha Cahoon,  Olive Parker Black



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Keywords and Quick Facts for James Bonnar


   Keywords 
Art MethodArt MediaArt Style
  • Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
  • Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
  • Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
  • Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Harbor, Harbour View
  • History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Seascapes, Seasides
  • Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
  • Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Association
  • Copley Society of Boston-
  • North Shore Art Association, Gloucester-
  • Rockport Art Association-
Art Teacher
  • Joseph DeCamp
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Mural Specialty
  • Snowscene Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Copley Society of Boston
  • North Shore Art Association, Gloucester
  • Rockport Art Association
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City-

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