Reg Butler

Sitterback to top

• Reginald Cotterell ('Reg') Butler (1913-1981), Sculptor. Sitter in 5 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Ida Kar (1908-1974), Photographer. Artist associated with 1480 portraits, Sitter associated with 137 portraits.

This portraitback to top

The year this photograph was taken, Butler won the international competition for a sculpture of the Unknown Political Prisoner. In a letter to Kar, Butler wrote that the selected photographs were 'splendid,' apart from the rings under his eyes.

Portrait setback to top

• Photographs by Ida Kar, 1940s-1950s

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Artists and their studios
• Making art
• Shadows