Richard Butler, Maggie in Helmet Portrait Oil Painting Richard Butler Psychedelic Furs Front Man, 2012

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Maggie with Helmet' 2012 Oil on canvas Verso: Hand signed and dated on canvas. Dimensions: 24" h x 20" w. … Read more Maggie with Helmet' 2012 Oil on canvas Verso: Hand signed and dated on canvas. Dimensions: 24" h x 20" w. Frame: 25.5" h 21.5" w Provenance: Property of a Southampton, NY collection Richard Butler (Post-war and Contemporary artist) studied painting at the Epsom School of Art and Design (now University for the Creative Arts). In school he was exposed to radical developments taking hold in the artworld including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, David Hockney and Francis Bacon and the emerging British pop art of Richard Hamilton and Peter Blake. He later turning to silkscreen printmaking. But like many famous rockers, from Keith Richards and Roger Waters to Tupac Shakur and Lady Gaga, Butler began making music in art school, and art was a passion that never went away. Shortly after graduating from the art school, in 1977, Richard Butler became a founder and singer/songwriter for the British post-punk / new wave rock and roll band "The Psychedelic Furs". Quickly gaining commercial success, his musical career kept him away from painting throughout the 80s and the 90s. In early 2000s, Richard Butler returned to painting and started exhibiting his art in the U.S. and Europe. He prefers to call himself a painter who sings, rather than a singer who paints. He was influenced by Anselm Kiefer and Francesco Clemente and became friends with Julian Schnabel. With his daughter, Maggie Mozart Butler, as his muse, he produces expressionistic portraits of pensive female subjects, who serve as ciphers for himself. As he describes, “In a way I think all of my paintings are self-portraits in that, though the face I am painting may not be my own, the feeling I get back from the painting is certainly an important element of my own psyche.” His work is a sort of dark moody expressionism with nods towards Lucien Freud. He lives and works in Connecticut. He has had solo exhibitions in New York City, Miami and Florence, Italy. One of his works, Girl with a Map, has been used as a CD's cover art. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2020 Richard Butler: Amnesiac Hostess, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, Florida, USA 2017 101/EXHIBIT, La Peer Drive, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA 2015 naturalhistory ,Freight+Volume (Allen St.) ,Lower East Side, New York, USA Selected Group Exhibitions 2025 Summer Sale, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris Saint-Germain, 6e, Paris, France The Rhythm. Vibratory Shock of Being, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris Marais, 3e 2024 Magicians, Musicians & Mystics, 1053 Gallery, Fleischmanns, New York, USA Artists on show: Michael Lindsay Hogg, Alan Vega, Dash Snow, Jiro Kamata, Marc Swanson, Marine Penvern, Rashid Johnson, Richard Butler, Richard Prince, Vaughn Bodé, William Eggleston. 2021 Summer Exhibition, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris Saint-Germain ,6e, Paris, Jérôme Borel & Richard Butler, Waltman Ortega Fine Art ,Miami, Florida, USA 2020 About the Weather: As part of Photo Saint-Germain, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris Saint-Germain Richard Butler and Dayron Gonzalez: Faces, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris Saint-Germain, 6e, Paris, France 2017 The Unlimited Dream Company ,Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK Richard Lofthouse Butler (1956-) is an English singer and songwriter. Butler came to prominence in the early 1980s as lead vocalist of the British rock band the Psychedelic Furs and went on to found the alternative rock band Love Spit Love in the early 1990s, during a hiatus of the Psychedelic Furs. Butler began his solo career in 2006, while still being a member of the Psychedelic Furs, releasing the self-titled studio album Richard Butler. Richard Lofthouse Butler was born in Kingston upon Thames, southwest London. His father, George Butler, was a research chemist, communist, Bob Dylan fan and atheist. In the 1970s, George Butler was slated to become a scientific ambassador to the Soviet Union but a friend convinced him this would not be a good place for his family. Butler's mother was an artist. Butler started art school in London with the idea of becoming a painter. After graduation, he worked in a silkscreen print shop but got the idea to form a band. Butler formed the Psychedelic Furs in 1977 with his bassist brother Tim Butler. According to Butler, the Psychedelic Furs began rehearsing in the Butlers' front room, but were soon banished because of the noise. Joined by guitarist John Ashton, guitarist Roger Morris, drummer Vince Ely and saxophonist Duncan Kilburn, the band quickly gained commercial success. The Psychedelic Furs went on hiatus in the early 1990s and Butler became the founder and lead singer of Love Spit Love. His work with Love Spit Love can be heard on the hit syndicated television show Charmed. In 2001, the Psychedelic Furs reformed after a nine-year hiatus and have toured worldwide since then. In early 2006, Butler released the eponymous solo album titled Richard Butler, a collection of songs dedicated to his late father, George Butler, and also Jon Carin's father, Arthur A. Carin (Carin was Richard Butler's collaborator on the release, co-authoring and arranging much of the music). In 2014, Butler covered Charles Aznavour's "She" for the Gone Girl teaser trailer. Butler co-wrote "Ghosts Again" with Martin Gore, the first single from the Depeche Mode album Memento Mori, released on February 9, 2023. He also co-wrote three other songs on that album. See less