Dennis Miller Bunker

Born and raised in New York City, Dennis Miller Bunker studied there until he set sail for Paris at the age of 20. Once in Paris he found a mentor in the French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme, with whom he studied until 1884. Upon his return to the United States, Bunker was introduced to the circle of artists who surrounded Isabella Stewart Gardner, the Boston socialite and art collector, and he worked as the principal instructor of drawing and painting at the Cowles School of Art.