The Quiet Evolution of a Buenos Aires Painter Horacio Butler was born in Buenos Aires in 1897. His early years were spent navigating the classrooms of the Faculty of Architecture and the Augusto Bolognini Academy. By 1915, he had entered the National Academy of Fine Arts. It was here that he formed lasting connections with figures like Héctor Basaldúa and Aquiles Badi. These friendships were not merely social; they were the foundation of a shared artistic language. He eventually moved away from the practice of plein-air painting, finding a different path in the way he handled form and space.…