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John Butler Yeats (16 March 1839 – 3 February 1922) was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and works on paper, including one of his portraits of his son William, painted in 1900. [1]
John Butler Yeats (1839–1922) was a portrait painter who failed as a businessman but enjoyed artistic success in Ireland and America. He was the father of the poet W. B. Yeats and the grandfather of the artist Jack B. Yeats.
Jack Butler Yeats (born August 23, 1871, London, England—died March 28, 1957, Dublin, Ireland) was the most important Irish painter of the 20th century. His scenes of daily life and Celtic mythology contributed to the surge of nationalism in the Irish arts after the Irish War of Independence (1919–21).
Sep 14, 2017 · Learn about the life and work of John Butler Yeats, the father of W. B. Yeats and a prominent Irish portraitist. Explore his sketches, paintings and influences from Pre-Raphaelitism to French Impressionism.
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William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount in County Dublin, Ireland. His father, John Butler Yeats, was a descendant of Jervis Yeats, a Williamite soldier, linen merchant, and well-known painter, who died in 1712.
John Butler Yeats (JBY) was just months short of his 69th birthday when he decided to accompany his daughter Lily on a visit to New York where she was due to exhibit her craft work. He arrived in America in late-December 1907 and never went back, New York City becoming his adopted home for the last 14 years of his life.
Jan 19, 2022 · A hundred years ago, on February 2nd, 1922, James Joyce’s groundbreaking novel Ulysses was published. The same day was the last full day of life for John Butler Yeats, the barrister and...
