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Charles Ragland Bunnell Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

American, 1897-1968
Charles Bunnell developed a love for art at a very young age. As a child in Kansas City, Missouri, he spent much of his time drawing. When he was unable to find paper he drew on walls and in the margins of textbooks for which he was often fined. Around 1915, Bunnell moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served in World War I and later used his GI Training to study at the Broadmoor Art Academy (later renamed the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center) during 1922 and 1923. In 1922, he married fellow student, Laura Palmer. He studied with Ernest Lawson in 1927-1928 and, in the winter of 1928-1929, he served as Lawson’s assistant. In the late 1920’s, the Bunnell’s settled just west of Colorado Springs and 1928, they welcomed the first of their three children. Their one-acre homesite, which they referred to as “Old Home Place”, was situated between two sets of railroad tracks at the foot of Pike’s Peak. Charlie converted an old railroad boxcar into his studio, where he later gave lessons. Beginning in 1931, Bunnell spent a year and a half studying under Boardman Robinson. The two men clashed constantly due to a generation gap and markedly different philosophies. Robinson encouraged his students not to stray from realism and though Bunnell mastered Robinson’s preferred style of American Scene painting, he regularly irritated his professor with his abstract sketches. Bunnell taught at the Kansas City Art Institute during the summers of 1929, 1930, 1940, and 1941. Between 1934 and 1941, he painted and taught under federal projects which included assisting Frank Mechau on murals for the Colorado Springs Post Office. However, he did not take to mural making and, after criticism from Boardman Robinson about his use of “heavy daubs which have no place in mural work,” he abandoned mural-making altogether. By the late 1930’s, Bunnell’s work departed from the American Scene/Modernist style he was trained in towards abstraction. This is marked by his “Black and Blue” series, consisting of 83 abstracted ink and watercolors. Affected by the Second World War and the loss of his 10-year old son, Bunnell’s work of the early 1940’s took on a Transcendental and Surrealist tone. The works from this period are moody and readily reflect the political and personal turmoil experienced by the artist. In the late 1940’s, Bunnell began experimenting with Abstract Expressionism. He alone is credited with introducing Colorado Springs to the new style as it was excluded from the Fine Art Center’s curriculum by Boardman Robinson. Bunnell excelled in Abstract Expressionism and continued to evolve in the style through the 1950’s continuing to his death in 1968. He was recently recognized as a premier American Abstract Expressionist by his inclusion in the book American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950’s: An Illustrated Survey. © David Cook Galleries, LLC
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Artist: Charles Ragland Bunnell
Original 1940s Retrofuturism Gouache Painting 'Birth of Mind' in Black & White
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1940s gouache painting, titled Birth of Mind, is a striking example of retrofuturism by Charles Ragland Bunnell, a prominent artist from the Broadmoor Academy...
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1940s Futurist Charles Ragland Bunnell Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Man In His Search for God, 1939 WPA Era Original Grey Scale Gouache Painting
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Located in Denver, CO
This striking vintage 1939 original painting, titled Man In His Search for God, is a powerful piece from Charles Bunnell’s renowned Black and Blue Series. The artwork is painted in i...
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1930s Futurist Charles Ragland Bunnell Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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1930s WPA Era Graphite Drawing, American Modern City Scene of Houses on Hill, CO
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Graphite on paper drawing by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968), circa 1935, featuring a modernist cityscape of houses on a hill in Colorado. This artwork, created during the 1930s ...
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1950s Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Watercolor in Soft Pastel Colors
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Located in Denver, CO
This soft toned abstract expressionist watercolor painting, created by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), is an exceptional example of his evolution as an artist. Featuring bold sw...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Charles Ragland Bunnell Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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This original vintage painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), titled Quitting Time from Bunnell's Black and Blue Series from 1941, exemplifies his unique Abstract Structure ...
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Located in Denver, CO
This evocative watercolor painting, titled The Way War First Comes (1940), was created by noted American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) during the Depression era. The pie...
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Georgetown, Colorado, 1938 WPA Era Ink Drawing of Rocky Mountain Landscape
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1938 ink drawing by Charles Bunnell (1897–1968) captures a stunning scene of a church nestled in the majestic Rocky Mountains of Georgetown, Colorado. Executed in bold black ink on creamy white paper, the piece is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right and titled in the lower left. The image size is 7 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches, and it is framed with archival materials, with outer dimensions measuring 16 ¼ x 14 ½ x 1 ¼ inches. Condition: The drawing is in good vintage condition, with no notable flaws. For a detailed condition report, please contact us directly. Provenance: This artwork comes from the estate of Charles Ragland Bunnell, ensuring its authenticity. About Charles Bunnell: Charles Bunnell was a prominent American artist whose career spanned multiple styles and influences. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he moved to Colorado Springs around 1915, where he developed a love for art. After serving in World War I, Bunnell studied at the Broadmoor Art Academy (later renamed the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), where he met his wife, Laura Palmer...
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1930s American Modern Charles Ragland Bunnell Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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1940s Abstract Watercolor Mixed Media Painting by Charles Bunnell
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Mine in the Mountains, Colorado, Modernist Landscape Line Drawing, Black & White
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Untitled (Black and Blue Series) Vintage 1941 Abstracted Structure Painting
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