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Louisiana Artist Oil painting 1950s - $600 (District of Columbia)
condition:
good
make / manufacturer:
Cora Butler
model name / number:
Oil Painting
size / dimensions:
high 33”x30wide
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Biography: CORA LAVILLA “LEE” BRIDGER BUTLER (July 28, 1886 – October 9, 1974)
A.K.A. “Cora Lee Butler,” “Cora L. Butler”
Landscape and still life painter in oil, watercolor and pastel. She is best remembered, along with Mrs. Allen Rendall, as a “torch bearer” and ceaseless proponent for art in early twentieth century Shreveport, Louisiana.
She was born in Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, the daughter of Sarah Frances Stuart (1850 – 1912) and Robert Dixon Bridger Sr. (1835 – 1890). Her father was a confederate civil war veteran, prominent attorney, parish and attorney Parish .