Theodore Earl Butler, (1861–1936); American impressionist painter. Born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Paris to study art. He befriended Claude Monet in Giverny, and married his stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé. After her death he married her sister, Marthe Hoschedé. Butler was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists. Butler's chosen subjects were domestic scenes of family and friends and the French landscape. Although his Impressionistic approach to painting sometimes reflected the influence of his father-in-law, his work also suggests Post-Impressionist tendencies as well. ...Butler studied at Marietta College in Ohio and graduated in 1882. He studied at the Art Students League with James Carroll Beckwith, Kenyon Cox and J. Alden Weir, and under William Merritt Chase from 1884-86. One of Butler’s first paintings is a copy of Menippus by Diego Velázquez(1639-41) Standing Bearded Man, 1885. Butler then moved to study in Paris. ...After becoming close friends with Claude Monet, Butler married Monet's stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé in 1892. Suzanne is known as The woman with a Parasol and she was Claude Monet’s favorite model.... The event was also immortalized in a painting by Theodore Robinson titled The Wedding March. Butler became a key player and link between the American Colony and Claude Monet. ...From the time of his first marriage and after the birth of his children, Butler concentrated especially on domestic subjects, painted indoors or in his garden. Equally noticeable... Butler was the son of Courtland Philip Livingston Butler and Elizabeth Slade Pierce. His son, James Butler, was also a painter, and as the grandson of Claude Monet, was one of only 4 painters to have painted in Monet's garden in Giverny. His sister Mary Elizabeth Sheldon, née Butler, is the paternal great grandmother of US President George H.W. Bush and the great-great grandmother of US President George W. Bush. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Earl_Butler] undefined

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