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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).
John Butler Yeats (16 de marzo de 1839 - 3 de febrero de 1922) fue un artista irlandés y padre de W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats y Jack Butler Yeats.
Creador del estilo celta crepuscular, fue sin duda el máximo representante del renacimiento de la literatura irlandesa moderna, y uno de los autores más destacados del siglo XX. Recibió el Premio Nobel de literatura en 1923.
14 de sept. de 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.
19 de ene. de 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...
