The burble of the running brook; the warmth of the luminous sun; the aroma of the swaying asters—Dennis Miller Bunker's painting of a lush marsh feels alive and palpable.

Bunker spent the summer of 1888 in Berkshire, England, painting outside in the open air with fellow artist John Singer Sargent. Here, Bunker learned about and began to explore the fast, loose brushstrokes and bright color palettes of the Impressionists. Bunker returned home and began to paint his American environment—including this Massachusetts meadow—in the Impressionist style.