Rupert Bunny b. 1864

Also known as Rupert Charles Wolsten Bunny
  • Artist
Australian-born painter Rupert Bunny spent a number of years living and studying in Europe. His work was hung several times in Royal Academy exhibitions in London and in the Paris Salon. Bunny's paintings drew on a wide variety of inspirations from mythology to art nouveau.
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Name
Rupert Bunny
Also known as Rupert Charles Wolsten Bunny
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Composer
  • Art teacher
Birth date
1864
Death date
25 May 1947
Death place
Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1881 - c.1933
Residence
  • 1933 - 1947 Melbourne, Vic. (Also visited briefly 1911 and again in 1928 )
  • 1904 - 1933 Paris, France
  • 1902 - 1903 London, England, UK
  • c.1886 - c.1902 Paris, France
  • 1884 - 1886 London, England, UK
  • 1864 - 1884 Melbourne, Vic.
Training
  • 1886 - 1889 Studies under Jean-Paul Laurens, Paris, France
  • 1884 St John's Wood Art School, London, England, UK
  • 1881 - 1884 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English

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Other occupations
  • Composer
  • Art teacher
  • Composer (Composer Ballet music)
  • Art teacher
References [<ExternalResource: 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>, <ExternalResource: Edwards, Deborah, with Mimmocchi, Denise, Thomas, David and Gérard, Anne (2009), 'Rupert Bunny : artist in Paris'.>] [<ExternalResource: 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT'.>]
Alternative names
  • Rupert Charles Wolsten Bunny
  • Rupert Charles Wolsten Bunny
Related people
  • Fuller, Florence (associate of)
  • Longstaff, John (associate of)
  • Mackennal, Bertram (associate of)
  • Carrick Fox, Ethel (associate of)
  • Preston, Margaret (associate of)
  • Reynell, Gladys (associate of)
  • Blanche, Jacques-Emile (associate of)
  • Melba, Nellie (associate of)
  • Laurens, Jean-Paul (associate of)
  • Morel, Jeanne (associate of)
  • Morel, Jeanne (spouse of)
  • Crossley, Ada (associate of)
  • Grainger, Percy (associate of)
  • Richardson, Henry Handel (associate of)
  • Felton, Alfred (associate of)
  • Fergusson, J.D. (associate of)
  • Fuller, Florence (associate of)
  • Longstaff, John (associate of)
  • Mackennal, Bertram (associate of)
  • Carrick Fox, Ethel (associate of)
  • Preston, Margaret (associate of)
  • Reynell, Gladys (associate of)
  • Blanche, Jacques-Emile (associate of)
  • Melba, Nellie (associate of)
  • Laurens, Jean-Paul (associate of)
  • Morel, Jeanne (associate of)
  • Morel, Jeanne (spouse of)
  • Crossley, Ada (associate of)
  • Grainger, Percy (associate of)
  • Richardson, Henry Handel (associate of)
  • Felton, Alfred (associate of)
  • Fergusson, J.D. (associate of)
Related works
  • By the Lake (None)
  • Scene in the Botanic Gardens (creator of)
  • (Allegorical scene) (creator of)
  • Poseidon and Amphitrite (Les Dieux Marins) (creator of)
  • Who comes? (The balcony, Verandah with two figures) (creator of)
  • A Cradle Song (creator of)
  • Descent from the Cross (creator of)
  • Pastoral (Sea idyll Pastorale) (creator of)
  • By the Lake (None)
  • Scene in the Botanic Gardens (creator of)
  • (Allegorical scene) (creator of)
  • Poseidon and Amphitrite (Les Dieux Marins) (creator of)
  • Who comes? (The balcony, Verandah with two figures) (creator of)
  • A Cradle Song (creator of)
  • Descent from the Cross (creator of)
  • Pastoral (Sea idyll Pastorale) (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, USA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, USA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
Related events
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Royal Academy (exhibited at)
  • Paris Salon (exhibited at)
  • Royal Academy (exhibited at)
  • Paris Salon (exhibited at)
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