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Bunce was the daughter of John Thackray Bunce who was
Chairman of the City Art Gallery and a wealthy newspaper
proprietor. She studied at the Birmingham School of Art. It is
interesting to conjecture what she could have achieved had she
been able to study at the Royal Academy Schools, but this
would not have been possible for a young unprotected woman at
that time. Her sister, Myra Louisa Bunce was a proficient
watercolourist, & metalworker, who sometimes made ornate
frames for her sisters pictures. Neither sister married.
Kate's pictures are often
strongly Pre-Raphaelite, using strong colours, niave
perspective, & packed with detail. She was a member of the
Birmingham Society of Artists. Much of her best work was done
before the turn of the century, after which she concentrated
on religious works for churches. She was a devout Christian.
Like other artists of her generation, she would have been
increasingly alienated by artistic developments in the early
part of the 20th century, & this would help
explain her concentration on works for churches.
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