14 September 2024 - 5 January 2025
Sir Hugh Lane Room | Admission free
Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941) was one of Ireland’s first professional women artists, who exhibited widely and sold her work well throughout her career. Born and raised at Kilmurry House, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, Butler’s paintings of Kilmurry and its environs combine accuracy of drawing, startling light effects, and a sense of immediacy. Butler’s large-scale watercolours also highlight her exceptional skill in the painting of flowers, trees, animals and birds.
Curator: Niamh MacNally, Curator, Prints & Drawings Study Room.
This exhibition is kindly supported by Brian Baum in loving memory of Úna Wilson.
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