Charles Ernest Butler was a British painter who was born in 1864. Charles Ernest Butler was born in St Leonards on Sea in 1864. He was a painter of portraits, mythological and other figure subjects, genre and landscapes. He studied at St John's Wood School of Art and at the Ra Schools. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1889 right up until his death. Titles included 'An Episode of the Deluge', 1890, 'St Thena', 1893 and 'King Arthur', 1903.