Background
Butler, Edward Burgess was born on December 16, 1853 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Manly Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler.
Butler, Edward Burgess was born on December 16, 1853 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Manly Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler.
In 1858, his family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and he attended the Boston public school system.
He served as the first president of the Pasadena Society of Artists. Manly owned a grocery store. Foreign five years he sold goods throughout New England and Canada as a traveling salesman.
With his wealth he collected works by George Inness, and later donated the collection to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Having trained under Frank Charles Peyraud, Butler became a landscape painter. In 1908, he exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago.
One of his oil paintings was displayed at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Butler moved to Pasadena, California after he retired from business.
He died in Pasadena, California on February 20, 1928.
Married Jane, daughter