Benjamin Butler

Quick Facts

Full Name	Benjamin Butler
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Apr 20, 1975(1975-04-20)
Age	49
Birthplace	Deerfield
Country	United States
Birth City	New Hampshire
Horoscope	Aries

Benjamin Butler Biography

Benjamin Butler is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on April 20, 1975 in Deerfield, New Hampshire, United States. Abstract artist of mountains and trees who’s work was exhibited across Canada, Japan, Austria, England, Germany, and the U.S.

His work was in the eyes of an New York Times art critic to the work of another artist His work was compared by a New York Times art critic to that of fellow artist Piet Mondrian..

Born in Westmoreland, Kansas and raised in Wamego, Kansas, Butler studied painting at Emporia State University before attending graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to earn his Masters of Fine Arts in

2000. He subsequently moved to New York City, having his first solo show of paintings at Team Gallery in 2002. He soon earned critical accolades for his paintings of mountains and trees, and followed with international exhibitions in New York City, Toronto, Tokyo, Vienna, London, Berlin, Austin, Basel, Beijing, and Los Angeles. He is currently represented by Tomio Koyama in Tokyo and Klaus von Nichtssagend in New York.

Ken Johnson described his work in the New York Times in 2005: “Mr. Butler is toying like a Pop artist with conventions of early 20th-century abstraction…he also revels in painting as an end in itself; so he and we get to have it both ways: we can be both knowing intellectuals and paint-loving hedonists”. Writer Roberta Smith has written about his work that “Few representational painters have managed to rid themselves of quite so much representation and still make pictures.” Will Heinrich has written, also in the New York Times: “Mr. Butler has narrowed his focus even further, to thrillingly psychedelic effect: His work now seems balanced on a razor blade between Conceptual practice and “The Starry Night,” but at the same time, somehow, it has ample room to move.”

The man was born in Kansas He worked and resided in New York City for a period of time before moving to Vienna, Austria.

Benjamin Butler Net Worth

Benjamin Butler is one of the richest Painter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Benjamin Butler 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at Emporia State University and later completed the Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

His work was displayed in 2005 in the MoMA PS1 gallery in New York. MoMA PS1 gallery.

Benjamin Butler (born April 20, 1975) is an American artist, based in Vienna, Austria.

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Who is Benjamin Butler Dating?

According to our records, Benjamin Butler married to Sarah Hildreth Butler (m. 1844–1876). As of December 1, 2023, Benjamin Butler’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Benjamin Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Benjamin Butler celebrates birthday on April 20 of every year.

What did Benjamin Butler do with the fugitive slaves?

In 1861, while serving as commander of Fort Monroe in Virginia, General B. F. Butler refused to return a group of fugitive slaves to their “masters,” declaring them instead as “contraband” of war.

What did Benjamin Butler do?

After the Civil War, Butler served as a Congressman and Chairman for the House Committee on Reconstruction. As committee chair, he authored the Klu Klux Klan Act of 1871 and co-authored, along with Senator Charles Sumner, the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

What did Benjamin Butler do during the Civil War?

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Butler played an important role because he and the 8th Massachusetts were some of the first troops to reach Washington DC, protecting the capital in case Maryland seceded. He was appointed a major general on May 16, 1861, being one of the first appointed by President Abraham Lincoln.

Who is Benjamin Beast Butler?

Benjamin F. Butler was a controversial, self-aggrandizing, and colorful politician who served as a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865). A state senator in Massachusetts, Butler was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention, where he briefly supported Jefferson Davis.

When slaves fled to Union held Fort Monroe How did Benjamin Butler The

general in charge there respond?

When slaves fled to the Union-held Fort Monroe, how did Benjamin Butler, the general in charge there, respond? He declared that, since Confederate used slave labor for military purposes, Union forces could legitimately seize them and use them for their own purposes.