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MILDRED ANNE BUTLER, R.W.S. (1858-1941)
(Lots 119-121,123)
Butler lived at Kilmurry House, Thomastown, County Cork, where the following four watercolours were executed. During her career she travelled extensively, studying alongside contemporaries such as Walter Osborne, Sir John Lavery, and members of the Newlyn School, which she joined in 1895. Through these influences she developed a style similar to that of the Impressionists, characterised by broad washes and a strong use of colour. Exhibiting regularly for forty years at the Royal Academy and the Old Water-Colour Society, and at other institutions in both England and Ireland, very little work was sold after her death and it remained with her family at Kilmurry until they were sold from the collection of Mrs Doreen Archer-Houblon, a cousin of the artist (see lots 119-120).
Mildred Anne Butler, R.W.S. (1858-1941)
My Garden: The gate from the herbaceous garden, Kilmurry, County Kilkenny
Details
Mildred Anne Butler, R.W.S. (1858-1941)
My Garden: The gate from the herbaceous garden, Kilmurry, County Kilkenny
signed 'Mildred A Butler' (lower right) and inscribed 'No. 2. "My Garden"' (on the reverse)
watercolour heightened with touches of white, on card
14½ x 21¼ in. (36.8 x 54 cm.)
My Garden: The gate from the herbaceous garden, Kilmurry, County Kilkenny
signed 'Mildred A Butler' (lower right) and inscribed 'No. 2. "My Garden"' (on the reverse)
watercolour heightened with touches of white, on card
14½ x 21¼ in. (36.8 x 54 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs Doreen Archer-Houblon; Christie's, London, 13 October 1981, lot 92, where purchased by the present owner.
Sale room notice
Please note that Kilmurry is in County Kilkenny and not as stated in the catalogue entry.
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Brandon Lindberg
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