Grace Butler New Zealand, 1887-1962
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About Grace Butler
Born in Invercargill, New Zealand in 1887, Grace Butler (nee Cumming) studied at the Napier Art School, and from 1910-1914 at the Canterbury School of Art. She married Guy Butler in 1911 and they lived in Christchurch. Grace Butler painted the South Island mountains around Arthur's Pass. She exhibited regularly from 1916.
In our database, 53 works by Grace Butler are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1994, of which 45 (85%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $7,475 for Untitled (Glacier Landscape) sold by Shapiro Auctioneers in December 2001. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Grace Butler are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Grace Butler is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 37
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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