Jack Butler Yeats

1871–1957

Jack Butler Yeats, ‘The Two Travellers’ 1942
The Two Travellers 1942
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Biography

John Butler Yeats (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist. W. B. Yeats was his brother.

Butler's early style was that of an illustrator; he only began to work regularly in oils in 1906. His early pictures are simple lyrical depictions of landscapes and figures, predominantly from the west of Ireland—especially of his boyhood home of Sligo. Yeats's work contains elements of Romanticism.

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Artworks

Jack Butler Yeats, ‘The Two Travellers’ 1942

Jack Butler Yeats The Two Travellers

1942
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Jack Butler Yeats, ‘Morning after Rain’ 1923

Jack Butler Yeats Morning after Rain

1923
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Jack Butler Yeats, ‘A Rose Among Many Waters’ 1952

Jack Butler Yeats A Rose Among Many Waters

1952
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Jack Butler Yeats, ‘The Death of Diarmuid, the Last Handful of Water’ 1945

Jack Butler Yeats The Death of Diarmuid, the Last Handful of Water

1945
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Jack Butler Yeats, ‘Back from the Races’ 1925

Jack Butler Yeats Back from the Races

1925
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