Jack Butler Yeats
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist. W. B. Yeats was his brother.
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Yeats in 1904 | |
| Born | 29 August 1871 London, England |
| Died | 28 March 1957 (aged 85) Dublin, Ireland |
| Known for | Painting |
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| Relatives | W. B. Yeats (brother) Lily Yeats (sister) Elizabeth Yeats (sister) |
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| 1924 Paris | Painting | |
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. He later would adopt the style of Expressionism.
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