Artist

Mary E. Butler

Mary E. Butler is an American Folk Art artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Mary E. Butler never traveled far from her garden in Charleston, yet her watercolors of blackberries and oleanders feel like they’ve been plucked from a sun-drenched Italian villa. She painted the same blooms year after year, layering petals with the patience of someone who knew blossoms don’t last. Her brush could make a wild blackberry branch look like lace, all without leaving the porch. See her *Blackberry Blossom* next—it’s less than a foot wide but holds a whole summer afternoon.

Works by Mary E. Butler

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.