€480
Super Star Lot: Mildred Anne Butler RWS (1858-1941) An admirable original 'Mildred Anne Butler RWS (1858-1941)' watercolour on paper painting. Features an idyllic countryside scene in and around her home in Kilmurry, Ireland. Rendered in a subtle and delicate colour palette with earthy tones defined by a light, fluid touch.
Portrays loose impressionistic brushstrokes by layering soft washes. This painting captures subtle lighting effects and delicate interplay of colours in a way that feels natural and almost effortless. Signed lower right. Housed in a wooden frame behind glass. Slight foxing to paper depicting age. With framer's sticker to verso.
Mildred Anne Butler is a well known artist with works fetching into the the thousands at Adam's.
MM: 49 x 42 cm including frame
A privileged upbringing allowed Kilkenny-born Mildred Anne Butler to travel to London in 1886 to study under Paul Jacob Naftel (1817-91) and later to Paris in 1894 where she joined the studio of Henri Gervex (1852-1929) for a time. She then travelled to Newlyn with Mary Guinness to study under Norman Garstin, returning there again in 1896. She exhibited at the Dudley Gallery in 1888 and in 1890 with the Royal Water Colour society of Ireland. She was included in the first exhibition of the Belfa st Art Society, showed five works at the RHA and in 1896 had the rare honour of being included in the Royal Academy annual show where her presence was vastly outnumbered by those of male artists, and from which exhibition the Chantrey Bequest bought 'The Morning Bath'. Bulter’s work was represented in Hugh Lane’s exhibition at Guildhall in London in 1904, and three years later had a show with Percy French, Claude Hayes and Bingham McGuinness at the New Dudley Gallery. She inherited the family estate of Kilmurry whose gardens and environs were to be the inspiration for her most successful work. Works of Butler have sold at Whytes as high as €39000
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