A watercolour by Mildred Anne Butler at auction in Tralee.
A watercolour by Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941) is a feature lot at the sale at Kerry Auction Rooms, Moyderwell, Tralee on November 13. Work by this artist , who spent most of her life in Kilmurry, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, is highly popular in Ireland. She became a member of the Royal Academy in 1893 and was associated with the Newlyn School of painters.
Mildred Anne Butler was a member of the Royal Watercolour Society and was one of the first adademicians elected by the Ulster Academy of Arts. The work on offer in Kerry, in a mahogany and gilt frame, is estimated at 3,000-5,000.