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1938 Denver, Colorado - 2020. Known for: Wildlife sculpture, wax figures.
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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
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Keywords (26)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Style
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Art Association
- •Artists of America
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Animal Artists
Awards/Recognition
- •Robert Lougheed Memorial, Prix de West
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Wildlife Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Academy of Western Art-
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •Society of Animal Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Masters of the American West, Autry Center
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational