Capri Lace Maker
1884
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1884
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Capri Lace Maker is a 1884 unspecified by George Bernard Butler, a American Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a woman making lace on the island of Capri. She's focused on her work. The artist likely painted this during his time in Italy. He studied with other artists before traveling to Italy. He even lost his right arm in the Civil War, which is interesting given his ability to paint. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of sfumato.
George Butler studied with the American artist Thomas Hicks in New York City before going to Paris in 1859 to study with Thomas Couture, whose most famous pupils included Édouard Manet and Puvis de Chavannes. He returned to the United States and served in the Union Army during the Civil War, at which point he lost his right arm. He went to Italy in 1875, where he remained for a number of years. During his stay abroad, Butler painted Capri Lace Maker . Although to a contemporary viewer this work may seem to be a fairly traditional, conservative composition, the bravura of the brushwork and the…
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George Bernard Butler Jr. (February 8, 1838 – May 4, 1907) was a portrait, genre, animal, and still life painter. Butler was born in New York City, where he studied art under Thomas Hicks. In 1859 he went to Paris to…
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