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Stephen Huneck was born on 8 October, 1948 in Columbus, Ohio, US, is an American folk artist (1948–2010). Discover Stephen Huneck's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 8 October, 1948
Birthday 8 October
Birthplace Columbus, Ohio, US
Date of death 2010
Died Place Littleton, New Hampshire, US
Nationality United States

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1820

The chapel, a replica of a classic white New England country church from the 1820s, took three years to complete.

It features carved wooden dogs lining the pews, and dog-themed stained glass windows in its 30 x main room.

In addition to standard human sized doors, the chapel has a dog door.

Atop the chapel's steeple is the golden Angel Dog sculpture, a 7 x winged Labrador retriever taking flight.

1948

Stephen Huneck (pronounced: ; October 8, 1948 – January 7, 2010) was an American wood carver and folk artist.

He also authored a series of children's books featuring Sally, the first of which, Sally Goes to the Beach, was a New York Times best seller.

1975

The pair married in 1975 and moved to Vermont, settling at the Quarry Hill Creative Center in Rochester, Vermont.

There Huneck began carving wood while continuing to sell antiques.

1984

He was discovered in 1984 when Jay Johnson noticed one of his carvings, an angel carved from pine, in Huneck's pick-up truck.

Johnson asked Huneck how much he wanted for the angel.

Not intending to sell it and believing that the man would not pay such a high price, Huneck told Johnson that he wanted $1,000.

Johnson, a Manhattan-based art gallery owner focused on folk art, bought the angel on the spot and then continued to purchase carvings from Huneck.

1994

During his recovery from a serious illness left him in a coma in 1994, Huneck drew support and inspiration from his dogs, in particular his black lab Sally, who was a regular subject for his woodcuts and carvings.

The following year, Huneck purchased a mountaintop farmstead in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, renaming the site Dog Mountain.

There he constructed The Dog Chapel, a replica of a traditional New England chapel filled with his carvings and other artwork and dedicated to dogs and other pets.

Dog Mountain was home to Huneck's gallery and workshop, as well as was open to the public as a dog park.

In 1994, Huneck fell down the stairs at his studio while carrying a large carving, breaking several ribs and suffering a head injury.

While in hospital after the fall, he suffered from acute respiratory distress syndrome and ended up in a coma for two months.

During his recovery, Huneck found his hands were too weak to carve in his traditional manner, so he began more "gentle" carving, using a mallet and chisel to make woodcuts.

The prime subject for these artworks was Sally, Huneck's black lab, who, along with his other dogs, helped encourage him in his recovery.

1995

After recovering from the accident, Huneck purchased the property in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, that would become Dog Mountain in 1995, turning an old barn on the site into his studio.

Although it was their home, the Hunecks opened Dog Mountain to the public, inviting people to bring their dogs to two annual gatherings, the Dog Party and Dog Fest, where dogs could run off-leash.

1996

In 1996, for its salute to folk art at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, The Coca-Cola Co. commissioned a 10 ft Coke bottle carving from Huneck, which he capped with a gold-winged cow.

Huneck also received commissions for works from celebrities and politicians, including Sandra Bullock, Dr. Phil McGraw, and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy.

1997

Huneck began building The Dog Chapel at Dog Mountain in 1997, completing the project in three years.

Huneck described his coma as a "near death experience" during which a dog-headed figure visited him and sold him "a fantastic dog sculpture that seemed to contain the secrets of life itself," inspiring him to build the chapel.

2010

After financial difficulties stemming from the Great Recession led Huneck to layoff staff at Dog Mountain, he committed suicide in January 2010.

Huneck was born in Columbus, Ohio, but grew up in Sudbury, Massachusetts, as one of seven children.

Huneck had severe dyslexia, but he found calm in exploring the woods near his home and roughly carving bits of fallen branches.

After graduating from Lincoln–Sudbury Regional High School, Huneck moved to Boston at age 17 to attend Massachusetts College of Art, working as a taxi cab driver to pay his bills.

He also began finding and restoring antique furniture, beginning with an old chair he noticed had been set out for trash collection.

Repairing old wooden pieces helped Huneck develop his skill as a carver.

Huneck met fellow student Gwen Ide in Boston.

Despite his critical success, Huneck and Dog Mountain suffered financially during the Great Recession and after having to layoff a number of employees, Huneck, who suffered from depression, committed suicide on January 7, 2010, outside his psychiatrist's office in Littleton, New Hampshire.

Although he was largely self-taught as a carver, a skill he developed while working as a furniture restorer, Huneck was uncomfortable being labeled a "folk artist."

He noted that while the simplicity and out-of-scale proportions of his work were similar to traditional outsider art, he rejected the idea that his work was naîve.

2019

He credited his time as an antiques dealer for the 19th century look of his work, including the trompe-l'œil effect in some pieces.

Outside of initial cutting and final sanding, Huneck only used hand tools, and he had an atypical carving style, drawing the blade towards himself.

Much of his work was carved from Vermont basswood, along with cherry, maple, and pine, harvested from Dog Mountain.

Pieces of Huneck's artwork are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire; the Museum of American Folk Art and American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in New York City; and Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.