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ClampArt is pleased to present “John Button | City & Country,” an online exclusive exhibition at Artsy.net, curated by Jackson Siegal.

John Button (1929-1982) was known for his realist cityscape paintings, but the artist produced a large collection of small-scale works on paper depicting not only urban scenes, but natural landscapes as well. This exhibition presents a selection of Button’s city and country works created between 1966 and 1982, when the artist died at the young age of 53.

Unlike the cityscapes, which often utilize dynamic vantage points and upward-looking angles, Button …