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William Herbert “Buck” Dunton (1878-1936) was an American writer, illustrator, and painter who became a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists in 1915. Known for his depictions of cowboys and the American Southwest, he also had a lifelong fascination with black bears.
In this work, Dunton depicts a mother bear and her cubs strolling through a dense forest. Scenographic lighting dramatically illuminates the forest and trees, with undulating lines echoing the bear’s soft, rounded shape. This stylistic trait points to the influence of Art Nouveau, whose practitioners turned to nature for inspiration and abstracted its forms into decorative motifs for aesthetic effect.
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127 x 127 cm
Denver Art Museum
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