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Robert Spear Dunning
American 1829 -1905
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Born: |
Brunswick Maine
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Died: |
Westport Harbor Massachusetts
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Active: |
Fall River Massachusetts 1834, 1852 New York New York
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Addresses: |
New York New York Fall River Massachusetts late 1850s Westport Harbor Massachusetts
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Studied: |
National Academy of Design
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Instructors: |
James Roberts Thomaston, ME Daniel P. Huntington
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Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design 1850-1851, 1880 American Art Union 1850 Boston Art Club 1880 Providence Art Club
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Examples of Work: |
Public Library and Historical Society, Fall River, Massachusetts Town Hall, Swansea, Massachusetts
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Specialty: |
Instructor Painter
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Style/School: |
Luminism Trompe l'Oeil
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Subjects Known For: |
Still Life
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Teaching Positions: |
Fall River School
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Artist Profile |
Works Available |
Fall River, Massachusetts |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
Robert S. Dunning (1829-1905) was born in Brunswick, Maine, but is associated with the mill city of Fall River, Massachusetts, where he spent nearly all his career. As a boy he worked in the textile mills that made Fall River a p...
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Robert Dunning was born in 1829. He studied with two artists in Maine before attending the National Academy of Design, where he focused on figure and portraiture painting. Dunning was employed at a mill and in costal shipping to support his studies. In 1859 he formed an artist's firm "Grouard & Dun...
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