Roadside Cottage

1889

Dennis Miller Bunker

Associated Names
Dennis Miller Bunker

Artist, American, 1861 - 1890

This painting depicts a white house in a lush green setting. The house has dark windows and a red chimney, partially obscured by trees that cast dappled shadows on the house's facade. The front door appears to be open. A light brown path runs parallel to the house at the bottom of the image, and small gray steps lead up the grass towards the house. The color palette includes vibrant greens for the foliage and a light blue for the sky behind the house. The brushstrokes are loose and impressionistic, creating a soft and textured appearance in the trees, grass, and building.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Raymond J. and Margaret Horowitz

  • Dimensions

    overall: 63.7 x 76.2 cm (25 1/16 x 30 in.)
    framed: 97.16 × 106.05 × 4.45 cm (38 1/4 × 41 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.94.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Perry Rathbone, New York; purchased 1972 by Raymond J. [1916-2005] and Margaret [1915-2005] Horowitz, New York, New York; bequest 2007 to NGA.

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Exhibition History

1973

  • American Impressionist and Realist Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, no. 13, repro.

1977

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, The White House, Washington, D.C., 1977.

1985

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

1986

  • The Bostonians: Painters of an Elegant Age, 1870-1930, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Denver Art Museum; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, 1986-1987, no. 26, repro.

1988

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988-1992.

1995

  • Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston; Denver Art Museum, 1995, no. 37, repro. (shown only in Boston).

1999

  • American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999, no. 11, repro.

2014

  • American Impressionism: A New Vision, 1880-1900, Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, Giverny; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2014 - 2015, no. p. 102.

Inscriptions

lower right: D.M.BUNKER / 1889.

Wikidata ID

Q20190035

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