Biography
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1949
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Born in Rochdale, Lancashire
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1966
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Began studying at Rochdale School of Art
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1968
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Further training at Maidstone College of Art
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1971-74
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Studied at the Royal College of Art
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1975
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First solo show, at the Angela Flowers Gallery, London
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1985
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Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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1997
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First exhibition at the Redfern Gallery, London
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2001
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Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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1975
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Angela Flowers Gallery, London
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1976
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Park Square Gallery, Leeds
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1978
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Fischer Fine Art, London
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1979
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Ladd Lane Gallery, Dublin
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1981
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Fischer Fine Art, London
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1983
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Artis Group, New York
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1985
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Mezzanine Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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1990
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Adelaide Arts Festival
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1993
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Graham Modern, New York
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
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1994
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Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
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1995
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Sotheby's, London
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1996
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Graham Gallery, New York
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1997
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Redfern Gallery, London
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2001
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Natural History Museum, London, 'Amazons, Macaws and Cockatoos'
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Redfern Gallery, London, 'An Exhibition of Watercolours and Prints'
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2009
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Redfern Gallery, London, 'Recent Paintings and Drawings'
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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1973
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Angela Flowers Gallery, London, 'British Drawing 1952-1972'
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Nova-London Fine Art Ltd., Copenhagen, 'British Art Now'
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1975
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London Group, Camden Arts Centre, London
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Printmaking show, Tokyo
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1976
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Curzon Gallery, London 'Printmaker's Workshop'
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Fischer Fine Art, London 'English Realists - The Figurative Approach'
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1978
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Royal College of Art, London, 'The Animal in Art'
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1979
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De Beers Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
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1981
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, 'A Penthouse Aviary'
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, 'Recent Acquisitions'
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Louis K. Meisel, New York, '8 British Realists'
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1984
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, 'An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture'
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1986
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Royal College of Art Conservation Department, Natural History Museum, London
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1988
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Kyburg Ltd., London 'Drawn from Nature'
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1990
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Natural History Museum, London, 'The Rainforest Art Exhibition'
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1992
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Camden Arts Centre, London, 'Recent Acquisitions, Contemporary Art Society'
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Fundacion Museo de Ciencias, Caracas, 'Project Venezuela: Art and the Environment'
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Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania
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1998
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London Art Fair, London (with Redfern Gallery)
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2001
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Florida Art Fair, Florida (with Redfern Gallery)
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2005
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Doha, Qatar, 'Extinct Species'
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2007
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Barber Institute, Birmingham, 'From Dürer to Elizabeth Butterworth'
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2008
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Tate St Ives, 'Master Printer, Hugh Stoneman'
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2012
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Government Art Collection, Whitechapel Gallery, London
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2013
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Jerwood Drawing Prize (travelling exhibition)
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Royal Academy, London, 'Summer Exhibition'
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Publications
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Butterworth, E. and R. Low 'Parrots and Cockatoos', London: Fischer Fine Art, 1978
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Butterworth, E. and R. Low, Rosemary, 'Amazon Parrots', London: Rodolphe d’Erlanger, 1983
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'Parrots, Macaws and Cockatoos: The Art of Elizabeth Butterworth', New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989
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Butterworth, E., 'Macaws', London: Rodolphe d’Erlanger, 1993
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Collections
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American Museum of Natural History, New York
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Arizona State University Library, Tempe
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Arts Council of Great Britain
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Barr-Smith Library, University of Adelaide
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Bayerische Staatsbibliotek, Munich
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British Government Art Collection, Department of National Heritage
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Natural History Museum, London
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Contemporary Arts Society, London
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CSO Contemporary Art Collection, London
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Doncaster Art Gallery, Yorkshire
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Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Howard Tilton Memorial Library, New Orleans
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Leicester City Art Gallery, Leicester
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LIncoln Park Zoo Library, Chicago
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McGill University, Montreal
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, Venezuela
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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National Library of Australia, Canberra
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Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Robert M Strozier Library, Florida State University
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Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas
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State Library of Southern Australia
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Texas Library of Southern Australia
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Troy H Middleton Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
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University of Georgia Library, Athens, Georgia
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University of Stellenbosch Library, South Africa
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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