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Howard Russell Butler

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Painting of white surf breaking over dark rocks along a rugged coastline under a pale lavender sky.

Clearing after September Gale--Maine Coast

1920

Painting of two horses and a child on a sandy beach at dusk, with figures gathering seaweed near the water.

The Seaweed Gatherers

1880

Painting of a solar eclipse with red hydrogen prominences and an inset panel labeled The Eagle Prominence.

The Eagle Prominence

1918

Moonlit calm sea with a glowing moon reflection, dark cliffs and a ruined castle on the left shore.

Marine: Moonlight on Calm Sea

1915

Triptych of three painted solar eclipses with white coronas against blue skies, framed in black wood with brass plaques below

Solar Eclipse

1918

Untitled - Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of a woman in a draped shawl and long skirt, holding a small flower, on torn cream paper.

Untitled (Flower Girl)

Pencil sketch of two figures beside a boat with a raised sail on a shoreline, with wooden posts and open water behind.

Untitled (Two Figures near a Boat)

Charcoal and chalk drawing of dark rough sea waves with white foam under a cloudy grey sky, lower half blank.

Untitled (Seascape)

Pastel and pencil sketch of a breaking wave with white foam, dark green water and a pale pink sky above the horizon.

Untitled (Breaking Wave)

Pencil sketch of a calm shoreline with marsh grasses, shrubs and trees on the right and water extending to a distant horizon.

Untitled (Shoreline)

Pencil sketch of three arched openings in a weathered stone wall with worn steps and rubble in the foreground.

Untitled (Three Arches)

Pencil sketch of a stone wall with an arched doorway, trees, and a small building, with handwritten color notes.

Untitled (Stairways, Etc.)

Nude Boy, Torso and Head

Pencil sketch of a seashore at low tide with rocks in the foreground, a distant rocky outcrop, and a cloudy sky.

Untitled (Seashore)

Pencil sketch of a stone pier with arched openings, rocky shore, tidal flats, and masts of boats behind it.

Untitled (Pier and Beach)

Pencil sketch of a tree, fence, hayrick and grazing cattle in an open landscape, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Untitled (Tree with Hayrick)

Pencil sketch of a massive tree trunk beside a garden wall with an arched gate and urn finials.

Untitled (Tree Trunk with Gate)

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a small house, with an open field and distant hills on the right.

Untitled (Tree with House)

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a round window and dark archway, flanked by trees and a wooden fence.

Untitled (Archway)

Pencil sketch of seated men in hats, some playing instruments, gathered beneath trees in an outdoor scene.

Untitled (Seated Figures and Musicians)

Pencil sketch of a derailed railway coach tilted beside tracks in a rocky landscape with distant mountains.

Untitled (Derailed Coach)

Pastel drawing of a desert plain with yellow shrubs, a dirt road, and pink and orange mountains under a pale blue sky.

Desert Landscape (#69)

1930

Charcoal and chalk sketch of rocky cliffs and tidal pools along a shoreline under a pale sky.

Untitled (Cliffs)

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a rowboat, open water, and a low horizon with distant buildings under clouds.

Untitled (Sailboat)

Pencil sketch of a narrow sunlit street with stone buildings, balconies, and figures walking, titled Calle del Campanero.

Calle del Campanero

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a long stick beside a basket, with a hat study above.

Untitled (Seated Man with Stick)

Untitled (Head of Bearded Man)

Sunset over the sea with orange and pink clouds, dark rocks and surf in the lower left foreground.

Maine Coast (#34)

1920

Untitled (Two Drawings of Men)

Pencil sketch of a young girl with long dark hair standing with hands clasped, wearing a long dress, on torn cream paper.

Untitled (Woman's Figure)

Pencil sketch of two grazing cows with heads lowered to grass on a torn, pale sheet of paper.

Untitled (Two Cows)

Untitled (Horse)

Charcoal drawing of a bearded male plaster cast head in three-quarter view, shaded dark on the right side.

Drawing of Cast of Male Head

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a cart with a large wheel along a road beside trees, with a man in a hat.

Untitled (Horse Drawn Cart)

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with masts in a harbor, with a church tower and rooftops behind.

Untitled (Fishing Boats)

Watercolor of a whitewashed stone building with an arched doorway and two small figures in a grassy yard.

St. Augustine

Oil painting of heavy green ocean swells breaking over dark rocks, with white surf and a distant headland under a pale sky.

Heavy Swells

1910