biography of Theodore Earl BUTLER (1861-1936)

Birth place: Columbus, OH

Death place: Giverny, France

Addresses: Giverny, France, 1888-1913, and 1921-36; NYC, 1913-21

Profession: Painter

Studied: ASL, 1884-86, with Wm. M. Chase; Académie Julian, Paris, with Lefebvre, 1887-88; Académie Colorossi and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, also in Paris, 1887; privately with Carolus-Duran

Exhibited: Paris Salon, 1888 (prize); NAD, 1889; AIC, 1890; PAFA, 1890, 1904, 1906-08, 1911-13, 1917; Salon d'Automne, 1906; Salon des Indepéndants; Turin Intl. Expo. 1911; Armory Show, 1913; R. York Gal., NYC, 1997 (solo); S.Indp.A.

Member: S. Indp. A.(founder, bd. dir., 1918-21); Soc. des Artistes Ind.; Soc. du Salon d'Automne

Work: MMA

Comments: An expatriate Post-Impressionist painter who lived almost his entire life in Giverny, France. In 1892, he married Monet's stepdaughter, Suzanne HoschedÈ (d. 1899) and in 1900 married her sister Marthe.

Sources: WW21; 300 Years of American Art, 550, cites a birthdate of 1860.