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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

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Facts about Louis Demott Bunce

   Publications  Book References:  23
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Louis Demott Bunce
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Lure of Pacific Northwest Art February 1999 Hull, Roger Yes
23 Book References for Louis Demott Bunce
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Allen, Ginny & Jody Klevit Oregon Painters The First 100 Years:1859-1959 251 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Guenther, Bruce Fifty Northwest Artists (photos of artists by Marsha Burns) 118 Yes
1978 Cowles, Charles (others) Northwest Traditions
(Exhibition catalog)
105 Yes
1977 Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Santa Fe Selects Contemporary Artists of the American West
(Exhibition catalog)
48 Yes
1977 Wechsler, Jeffrey Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947
(Exhibition catalog)
116 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Baigell, Mathew The American Scene: American Painting of the 1930s 214 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 National Collection/Fine Arts Art of the Pacific Northwest From the 1930s to the Present
(Exhibition catalog)
141 No
1974 Plagens, Peter Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast 200 Yes
1962 Rogers, Millard Northwest Art Today Adventures in Art
(Exhibition catalog)
106 No
1957 American Abstract Artists The World of Abstract Art 167 Yes
1950 Metropolitan Museum of Art American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
60 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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