Augustus Dunbier
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Augustus William Dunbier (January 1, 1888-September 11, 1977), was a Nebraska
n Impressionist
painter, best known for his landscape
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Dunbier was educated in Germany and the Art Institute of Chicago
. He often worked in the southwest United States and painted landscapes, still lifes, and portraits.
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
n Impressionist
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
painter, best known for his landscape
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
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Dunbier was educated in Germany and the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
. He often worked in the southwest United States and painted landscapes, still lifes, and portraits.