Margaret Butler (sculptor)

Margaret Butler
Born
Margaret Mary Butler

(1883-04-30)30 April 1883
Greymouth, New Zealand
Died4 December 1947(1947-12-04) (aged 64)
Wellington, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationSt Mary's College, Wellington and Wellington Technical School
Known forSculpture

Margaret Mary Butler (30 April 1883 – 4 December 1947) was a New Zealand sculptor and artist and is regarded as the first New Zealand born sculptor of substance.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Dunn, Michael (2002). New Zealand sculpture : a history (1. publ. ed.). Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Univ. Press. pp. 40–43. ISBN 1869402774.
  2. ^ Dominion 13 February 1934 Page 7
  3. ^ "Margaret Butler".