Reg Butler
(1913-1981), SculptorReginald Cotterell ('Reg') Butler
Sitter in 12 portraits
Butler trained as an architect and worked as a blacksmith before becoming Henry Moore's assistant and developing his own talent as a sculptor. His first solo exhibition was held in 1949 at the Hanover Gallery in London and two years later he was appointed as a teacher at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1952 he exhibited at the Venice Biennale and in the same year won a much publicised competition for a Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner which, however, was never made.
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 7 March 1950
NPG x182372
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1954
NPG x31621
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x88626
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x133284
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 6 March 1957
NPG x182373
by Douglas Glass, for Paul Popper
bromide press print, 1960
NPG x184301
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 25 February 1960
NPG x182370
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 25 February 1960
NPG x182371
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, June 1960
NPG x198461
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John Sell
04 April 2021, 08:05
Reg Butler taught art at Berkhamstead School in the 1950s. Probably around 1955. I remember copies of the Architectural Review in the art room and I later became an architect.