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Deborah Kay Butterfield

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Deborah Kay Butterfield (Born 1949) is active/lives in Montana, California.  Deborah Butterfield is known for Abstract mixed-media horse sculpture.

Born in San Diego, California, on the day of the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby, Deborah Butterfield credits this event as determining her career as a modernist sculptor of horses.

Her work is a combination of abstraction and reality.  She uses found objects*, related to both horses and the discards of modern society, and applies these symbolic objects to armaments that are realistic shapes of horses' bodies.  The overall effect is of a large, strong, loveable animal, gentle and calm, and it is obvious from the gentle personality conveyed by the objects that she has a strong affinity and understanding of her subjects.

Butterfield received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of California at Davis where she was a student of modernists William T Wiley, Robert Arneson, and Wayne Thiebaud.  Her training in ceramics and sculpture increased her interest in crafts, but she decided to pursue the subject matter that was of most inter   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9673 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Deborah Kay Butterfield

   Publications  Book References:  34
Magazine References:  26

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26 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Deborah Kay Butterfield
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Southwest Art California Best of the West September 2006 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Art-Talk Deborah Butterfield August 2005 Targos, Renee Yes
Art & Antiques Spirit of the West July 2004 Fauntleroy, Gussie Yes
American Art Review Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculptu April 2004 Becherer, Joseph Antenucci Yes
Southwest Art Art Events-California March 2004 Gangelhoff, Bonnie Yes
Wildlife Art Where Collectors Go: Part I March 2004 Kupers, Audrey Yes
Wildlife Art Growing a Garden Getaway January 2004 Brown, Joan Yes
Wildlife Art Field Notes November 2003 Editor, Wildlife Art Yes
Art of the West What's News November 2003 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art & Antiques Primal Instincts November 2003 Spike, John T Yes
Art & Auction marketfile October 2003 Editor, Art & Auction Yes
Art & Antiques Contemporary Pleasures September 2003 Cochran, Rebecca Dimling Yes
Southwest Art Art Among the Vines September 2003 Gangelhoff, Bonnie Yes
Art & Antiques Traveling Collector-Greenwich Time September 2003 Lew, Irvina Yes
Art & Antiques Editor's Notes September 2003 Tapp, Barbara Yes
Southwest Art Horse Sense August 2003 Smiley, Jane Yes
Art & Antiques Sophisticated, Artistic Seattle June 2002 Watson, Lisa Crawford Yes
Art & Antiques Photo Opportunities November 2000 Byrd, Cathy Yes
Art & Auction Talk of the Trade April 2000 Editors Yes
ARTnews International News: Art Market March 1998 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Southwest Art Sculpting Horses July 1997 McGarry, Susan Halsten Yes
ARTnews Reviews April 1997 Editors, Art News No
Art & Antiques Pet Projects January 1997 Melrod, George Yes
Wildlife Art Wildlife Sculpture Outdoors June 1996 McCarthy, Cathleen Yes
Wildlife Art Animals in Art: Subjects and Symbol January 1995 Hong, Kathryn (Kay) Yes
ARTnews Reviews October 1994 AN editors Yes
34 Book References for Deborah Kay Butterfield
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Embury, Stuart; Brandon K. Ruud; Norman Geske; Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Introduction A Legacy of Giving: The Anna and Frank Hall Collection (The Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro) Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 246 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Gordon, Robert Deborah Butterfield 0 Yes
2002 Komanecky, Michael K. (editor) Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights 352 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1996 Stofflet, Mary Deborah Butterfield 72 Yes
1995 Fairley, John The Art of the Horse 192 Yes
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors) The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection 414 Yes
1992 Kuspit, Donald/Marcia Tucker Horses The Art of Deborah Butterfield
(Exhibition catalog)		 96 Yes
1990 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions 638 No
1989 Moore, Sylvia (editor) Yesterday and Tomorow California Women Artists 378 No
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1988 Rosen, Randy, et al Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream 300 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1984 Bromberg, Anne R Dallas Museum of Art Selected Works 219 Yes
1984 DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How 320 No
1984 Freeman, Phyllis New Art 207 Yes
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1983 Guenther, Bruce Fifty Northwest Artists (photos of artists by Marsha Burns) 118 Yes
1982 Trenton, Patricia The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 197 Yes
1981 Nassau County Museum Animals in American Art 1880's-1980's
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1980 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art in the Seventies 128 Yes
Gardens of Art: The Sculpture Park at the Frederik Meijer Gardens 120 Yes
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