Theodore Earl Butler
A "fauve" piece, Butler painted this blue tree as the autumn. l counterpart in a seasonal duet to the other blue tree in the winter version. In this particular piece the tree is more dominant, with curving branches in all directions evoking a fall wind, knocking the leaves to the earth floor beneath it. The blue of t is tree is visceral and purplish. The Impressionist leaves are scattered beneath, while the new Fauvism of the blue tree rises out of them. His home is more prominent in the background of this autumnal version as are all the trees staged behind this blue one. The rooftop, the leaves on the tree and the ground are all united with his dance of brushstrokes.
Estate of the Artist
By descent through the family
A "fauve" piece, Butler painted this blue tree as the autumn. l counterpart in a seasonal duet to the other blue tree in the winter version. In this particular piece the tree is more dominant, with curving branches in all directions evoking a fall wind, knocking the leaves to the earth floor beneath it. The blue of t is tree is visceral and purplish. The Impressionist leaves are scattered beneath, while the new Fauvism of the blue tree rises out of them. His home is more prominent in the background of this autumnal version as are all the trees staged behind this blue one. The rooftop, the leaves on the tree and the ground are all united with his dance of brushstrokes.
Theodore Earl Butler
By descent through the family
Theodore Earl Butler
By descent through the artist family
Private collection Paris, France in 1953
By descent through the family
-2001-Richard York Gallery October
-2001-Armory Show in New York
-2007- Keny Galleries, Columbus Ohio. Monet’s Giverny, American Impressionists from the Art Colony (1886-1917), .illustrated in color page 8.(October 4-November 5, 2007). Essay by Dr. William Gerdts
-2008 Sunlight in a Paintbrush, “American Impressionism from Regional Collections”, illustrated in color page16, fig 13.
Muskegon Museum of Art (May 1 –August 31 2008. Essay by Dr William Gerdts.
Estate of the artistBy descent through the family
Jean Marie Toulgouat (grand-son of the artist)Private Collection, Viscount of Prévoisin, Paris (1981-1999)PBW collection
1989- Exposition : School of Normandy, Palais Benedictine, Fécamp, nombre 4
1994-Exposé à l' Hotel du Département, Evreux », Mai 19_ Juilley 17 1994.
199- Catalogue of the Exhibition “100 Peintres Exposent la Normandie”, page 45 illustrated in Colors
