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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Mildred Anne Butler, Eva Henrietta Hamilton, Lily Yeats, Rose Maynard Barton, Katie Holten, Nuala Holloway, Nano Reid, Katherine Plunket, Mary Ward, Elizabeth Magill, Stacia, Cesca Chenevix Trench, Edith Anna Somerville, Dorothy Cross, Anne Madden, Phoebe Anna Traquair, Beatrice Elvery, Evie Hone, Mainie Jellett, Sheila McClean, Estella Solomons, Patricia Burke Brogan, Norah McGuinness, Doreen Kennedy, Susanna Drury, Jananne Al-Ani, Mary Balfour Herbert, Sophia Wellbeloved, Anne Rigney, Sarah Purser, Rachel Joynt, Sarah Cecilia Harrison, Amelia Curran, Gabriel Hayes, Stella Steyn, Alice Maher, Anne Yeats, Colleen Browning, Yvonne McGuinness, Imogen Stuart, Camille Souter, Rosamund Praeger, Frances Kelly, Mary Redmond, Colleen Corradi Brannigan, Alice Hanratty, Anne Acheson, Gladys Wynne, Roisin Kennedy, Muriel Brandt, Letitia Marion Hamilton, Alice Sarah Kinkead, Elinor Darwin, Pauline Bewick, Beatrice Gubbins, Kate Dobbin, Paula Farrell. Excerpt: Mildred Anne Butler, R.A. R.W.S. (January 11, 1858 - October 11, 1941) was an Irish artist, who worked in watercolour and oil of landscape, genre and animal subjects. Butler was born and spent most of her life in Kilmurry, Thomastown, County Kilkenny and was associated with the Newlyn School of painters. Mildred Anne's en plein air style is dominated by the theme of nature and reflects scenes of domesticity around the family home in Kilmurry. She achieved distinction in her lifetime and exhibited in major galleries in Ireland and England. Among her patrons were Queen Mary of Teck and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. She became a member of the Royal Academy in 1893. In 1896, Butler's Morning Bath was exhibited at the Royal Academy. It was the first work by a female artist to be purchased by the trustees of the Chantrey Bequest and was then presented to the Tate. She became...
