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Dennis Miller Bunker (1861–1890)
Brittany Town Morning, Larmor, 1884
Oil on canvas; 14 x 22 in. (35.6 x 55.9 cm)
Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
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In summer 1884 Bunker worked in the company of two American friends from Paris in Larmor, a small harbor town on Brittany's southern coast, which offered picturesque architecture, distinctive rural traditions, and bracing seaside atmosphere. This view captures the silvery morning sky, the compact cluster of stone dwellings around the squat medieval tower of Notre-Dame de Larmor, and the nearby lush fields. Bunker punctuated these broad passages of sunlight and shadow with fluttering birds, light reflected off slate rooftops, and a few villagers.
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