Sydney Butchkes

Sydney Butchkes studied at Art Academy of Cincinnati and Art Students League of New York. Works named in the authority record are Napeague. Work by Sydney Butchkes is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Sheldon Museum of Art, The Newark Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Craft Council.

• Name — Sydney Butchkes • Born — October 13, 1920 • Birthplace — Covington, Kentucky, U.S. • Died — 10 August 2015 • Place of death — Sagaponack, Long Island, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Painter, sculptor, art director, illustrator, graphic designer

Sydney Butchkes was born on October 13, 1920, in Covington, Kentucky, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. However some sources state he was born in 1922. He studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy (now the Art Academy of Cincinnati), the Art Students League of New York, and The New School in New York City. During World War II, he served in the United States Army. In the early 1960s, he moved to Sagaponack in Long Island. Butchkes died at home on August 10, 2015, in Sagaponack. His artwork is in museum collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sheldon Museum of Art, and The Newark Museum of Art.

• 1949: "The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club", group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York • 1978: "200 Years of Fabrics: Personal Collection of Jack Lenor Larsen", group exhibition, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York • 1978: "Sydney Butchkes, Abstract paintlogs", solo exhibition, Alonzo, New York City, New York • 1981: "Days Of Wine And Nudes", group exhibition, Peter S. Loonam Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York • 1984: "Some Major Artists of the Hamptons: Then and Now", group exhibition, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York • 2006: "Out of the Earth", group exhibition, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, New York