Early Life, Family and Training Myra Bunce was born in 1854 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. She entered a household defined by artistic and intellectual pursuits as the elder daughter of John Thackray Bunce and Rebecca Ann Bunce. Her sister, Kate Bunce, also pursued a career as a painter, establishing a familial connection to the visual arts that shaped Myra's own trajectory as a designer, metalworker, and painter. Her formal t…