Cowles Art School was established in 1883, in a studio building located at 145 Dartmouth Street in Boston, Massachusetts. It was one of the largest art schools in the city and boasted an enrollment of several hundred until it was closed in 1900.
Chrysanthemums, oil on canvas, Dennis Miller Bunker, 1888.
The Green Dress, oil on canvas, William McGregor Paxton, 1914.
Dennis Miller Bunker was an American painter and innovator of American Impressionism. His mature works include both brightly colored landscape paintings and dark, finely drawn portraits and figures. One of the major American painters of the late 19th century, and a friend of many prominent artists of the era, Bunker died from meningitis at the age of 29.
Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot, John Singer Sargent, 1888
The Pool, Medfield, 1889. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Portrait Sketch of Eleanor Hardy Bunker, 1890. Private collection.
Jessica, 1890. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston