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Reg Butler
Reg Butler: Sculpting the Unseen – A Portrait of Anxiety and Female Form Reginald Cotterell Butler, born in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, in 1913, wasn’t a sculptor by conventional training. His early life, shaped by his parents’ roles as Master and Matron of the Buntingford Union Workhouse – a stark backdrop to his formative years – instilled within him a quiet intensity, a sensitivity to human vulnerability that would profoundly infor
m his artistic vision. Initially pursuing architecture at the Architectural Association School of London, he found himself drawn away from structured design towards the tactile immediacy of sculpture, a shift catalyzed by wartime service as a conscientious objector. This period, spent repairing farm implements, provided him with an intimate understanding of materials – iron, in particular – and a nascent skill set that would become the…