Cortland Butterfield (1904-1977) American, Ink and Gouache Portrait. Charcoal profile sketch depicts a woman wearing a headwrap and hoop earring. Signed lower right. Framed.

Overall Size: 18 x 16 in. 

Sight Size: 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. 

W. Cortland Butterfield (1904–1977) was an American figurative painter known for portraits, genre scenes, still lifes, florals, marine subjects, and especially his paintings of clowns and rabbis. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he studied at Cooper Union, the Art Students League in New York, and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His work was influenced by the Spanish masters Velázquez, Goya, and El Greco, and he exhibited at institutions including the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Montclair Art Museum. Butterfield was also a co-founder of the American Opera Repertory Company and was active as a teacher and mentor to artists. He moved to New Hope in 1964 and became part of its artistic community, where he remained until his death in 1977.

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