She was associated with the Newlyn School and became a member of the Royal Academy in 1893.
She painted outdoors from life, a practice that was unusual at the time.
In 1857, The Athenaeum wrote: ‘The young lady knows how to look at her subjects with the eyes of a well trained artist.’
Mildred Anne Butler, R.W.S. (1858-1941) A cockerel and hen in a cluster of marguerites pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with scratching out 10 x 6¾ in. (25.5 x 17.2 cm.) |
She painted outdoors from life, a practice that was unusual at the time.
The Wanderers, Mildred Anne Butler, 1898, Ireland, watercolor Location: Dublin City Gallery, 53.3 x 36.2 cm |
Mildred Anne Butler |
Butler's life and work was mostly centered on her family home in Kilmurry, though she traveled to England and France as well.
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