Edgar Bundy (1862 in

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– 1922 in

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) was an English painter.

Biography

Bundy had no formal training but learned some of his craft at the studio of Alfred Stevens. Bundy specialised in historical paintings in oil and

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, usually in a very detailed and

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style, a genre which was very popular in the Edwardian time Bundy lived in. He exhibited at the

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in 1915 and at the Paris Salon in 1907. In the

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Gallery is his

painting of 1905 entitled ''The Morning of Sedgemoor'' depicting the Duke of Monmouth's rebels resting in a barn before the battle. Influences in Bundy's work include Pre-Raphaelites such as John Millais,

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and the works of

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. His daughter Dorothy married the painter Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly in 1924.

Gallery of works

File:Edgar Bundy - The Little Donkey (1889).jpg, The Little Donkey, 1889 File:Stradshp.jpg, Antonio Stradivari at work in his studio, 1893 File:Edgar Bundy - The podrigal son.jpg, The Prodigal Son File:'The Morning of Sedgemoor' by Edgar Bundy, Tate Britain.JPG, The Morning of Sedgemoor, 1905 File:Death as general rides a horse on a battlefield. Watercolour Wellcome V0042260.jpg, Death as General Rides a Horse on a Battlefield, 1911

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External links

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Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bundy, Edgar 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters 1862 births 1922 deaths Artists from Brighton Associates of the Royal Academy 19th-century English male artists 20th-century English male artists