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Fray Guillermo (Juan) Butler

Fray Guillermo (Juan) Butler (1880 - 1961) was active/lived in Argentina.  Fray Butler is known for Sacred theme and landscape painting.

Guillermo Butler (Juan Butler) (December 14, 1880, Córdoba, Argentina - July 17, 1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine painter of the Dominican order, considered an important artist in sacred themes and in the series of landscapes of the Sierras de Córdoba.

Son of the Irish William "Guillermo" Butler and the Italian Maria Batto, adopted the name of his father when entering the Order of Preachers of Santo Domingo de Guzmán in 1896. After his ordination he studied painting with Emilio Caraffa, and in 1908 he traveled to Europe where he studied with Desiré López. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1915, and in 1925 he was awarded the National Painting Prize. He exhibited in Venice in 1919 and in other European cities.

He founded the Blessed Angelic Academy - of whom he was a great admirer - and was made a member of the National Academy of Fine Arts.

He made stained glass windows in the chapel of the College of the Anunziata, in the Church of the Savior of Buenos   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1577 characters.]  Artist bio

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