A sculptor of animals, Kenneth Bunn began as a taxidermist and then creator of animal displays for museums. At age 18, just out of high school, he audited medical school anatomy classes at the... Read full biography
A sculptor of animals, Kenneth Bunn began as a taxidermist and then creator of animal displays for museums. At age 18, just out of high school, he audited medical school anatomy classes at the University of Utah and then apprenticed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. He... Read full biography
A sculptor of animals, Kenneth Bunn began as a taxidermist and then creator of animal displays for museums. At age 18, just out of high school, he audited medical school anatomy classes at the University of Utah and then apprenticed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. He also had a four-year apprenticeship with Hungarian taxidermist and sculptor Coloman Jonas. Among his accomplishments are nearly 100 wax figures in genre scenes for the Old West Wax Museum in... Read full biography
A sculptor of animals, Kenneth Bunn began as a taxidermist and then creator of animal displays for museums. At age 18, just out of high school, he audited medical school anatomy classes at the University of Utah and then apprenticed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. He also had a four-year apprenticeship with Hungarian taxidermist and sculptor Coloman Jonas. Among his accomplishments are nearly 100 wax figures in genre scenes for the Old West Wax Museum in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Subjects include Buffalo Bill, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, John C. Fremont and Charles Russell. Then Bunn started his own commercial art business of making animal displays for museums. Continuing to sculpt on his own, he had a focus on... Read full biography
A sculptor of animals, Kenneth Bunn began as a taxidermist and then creator of animal displays for museums. At age 18, just out of high school, he audited medical school anatomy classes at the University of Utah and then apprenticed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. He also had a four-year apprenticeship with Hungarian taxidermist and sculptor Coloman Jonas. Among his accomplishments are nearly 100 wax figures in genre scenes for the Old West Wax Museum in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Subjects include Buffalo Bill, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, John C. Fremont and Charles Russell. Then Bunn started his own commercial art business of making animal displays for museums. Continuing to sculpt on his own, he had a focus on his own work that began to take precedence, especially when he won a bronze medal at the National... Read full biography
Kenneth Bunn - Artist Info
About Kenneth Bunn: Books
Books & Publications (28)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Prix de West 30th Anniversary 2003 (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Schroeder, Charles (Intro)
204 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
From the Inside Out: Contemporary Wildlife and the Legacy of Carl Rungius
2000
Evenden, Kirstin and Dwayne Harty
36 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Artists of America (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Bacon, Todd, Message for Denver Rotary Club
108 pages (color)
Artists of America Seventeenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Denver Rotary Club
92 pages (color)
Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997
Hagerty, Donald J
213 pages (color)
Prix de West Invitational 1997 (Exhibition catalog)
1997
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
194 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Denver Rotary Club's Artists of America: Fourteenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Denver Rotary Club
88 pages (color)
Artists of America Thirteenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Denver Rotary Club
96 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
158 pages (color)
Artists of America Tenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Denver Rotary Club
160 pages (color)
Artists of America Eighth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Fourteenth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1986
National Academy Western Art
112 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
National Academy of Western Art Twelfth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1984
National Academy Western Art
98 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Artists of America Second Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
Artists of America First Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Denver Rotary Club
141 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Ninth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Krakel, Dean (Intro)
0 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Eighth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)