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W Cortland Butterfield Portrait of a Rabbi Print S/N

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W Cortland Butterfield Portrait of a Rabbi Print S/N
Artist: W. Cortland ButterfieldMedium: LithographSignature: Signed and numbered by artist, in pencilEdition: Numbered 50/375Size: 29" x 21 1/4"Condition: Excellent * Biography * * * W. Cortland Butterfield (1904-1977) was one of the leading portrait artists of his * time. The subjects of his naturalistic works in watercolors and oils * ranged from people he met in his daily life to performing artists, * including luminaries such as Pablo Casals and Margot Fonteyn. Always * fascinated by faces, he used the sketches he had made as an art student * in Greenwich Village as the basis for his well-known paintings of * rabbis. An outgoing individual, he was very generous in helping other * artists in the New Hope area. He also helped found the American Opera * Repertory Company, and later donated his portrait of Pablo Casals to the * music school. Family members served as a great inspiration to him. An * uncle who performed as a clown in an English circus was the start of his * many clown paintings. His aunt, Carrie Butterfield, was a landscape * painter who sparked his interest in painting at the age of nine and * encouraged his painting efforts throughout his youth. With a painting * technique rooted in the tradition of the Spanish Masters such as * Velasquez, Goya, and El Greco, Cortland Butterfield established himself * as a modern master of the portrait. * * *Retrieved from: http://www.michenermuseum.org/bucksartists/artist.php?artist=40 * *
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