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Howard Russell Butler

Portrait of Howard Russell Butler
Portrait of Howard Russell Butler

American, 1856–1934

Howard Russell Butler was an American American Impressionism painter. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Howard Russell Butler was born in New York City.

Howard Russell Butler (March 3, 1856 – May 20, 1934) was an American painter and founder of the American Fine Arts Society. Butler persuaded Andrew Carnegie to fund the construction of Carnegie Lake near Princeton University, supervised the construction of the Carnegie Mansion, designed an astronomy hall, and painted a solar eclipse for the U.S. Naval Observatory.

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