Howard Russell Butler
(1856-1938)
Painter and founder of the American Fine Arts Society
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Howard Russell Butler (March 3, 1856 – May 20, 1934) was an American painter and founder of the American Fine Arts Society. Butler persuaded Andrew Carnegie to fund the construction of Carnegie Lake near Princeton University, supervised the construction of the Carnegie Mansion, designed an astronomy hall, and painted a solar eclipse for the U.S. Naval Observatory.
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3 March 1856 New York City
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22 May 1938 (aged 82) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
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