John Butts

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John Butts, who was born and educated in Cork, Ireland, spent most of his life in Dublin. He painted landscapes somewhat in the style of Claude Lorrain: he also practised as a scene-painter. He died in 1764.

Butts was also an art teacher, whose pupils in Cork included James Barry.^[1]

References

↑ "James Barry RA". Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

This article incorporates text from the article "BUTTS, John" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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Name	Butts, John
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Date of death	1764
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