Jack B Yeats, painter and draughtsman and writer of Irish life. Yeats was born in 1871 in London, son of portrait artist, John Butler Yeats, and brother of William Butler Yeats, the poet. His early years was spent in Ireland with his grandparents but re-joined his parent in London to study at the Westminster School of Art under Fred Brown. He first worked first as a graphic artist, illustrator and . Although his earliest oils date from about 1897, he did not work regularly in oils until 1905. He was influenced by French Impressionism and his paintings ranged from Celtic mythology to landscapes and genre paintings. He developed his own Expressionistic style of work and used a wide range of bright colours and free brushstrokes. His paintings share similarities with those of his good friend, the artist Oscar Kokoschka. Although not active in the Irish Republican movement, he expressed his sympathy towards the cause through his moving and realistic depictions of the urban and rural life in Ireland to portray a modern Dublin.
Painter and draughtsman and writer of Irish life. Yeats was born in 1871 in London, son of portrait artist, John Butler Yeats, and brother of William Butler Yeats, the poet. His early years was spent in Ireland with his grandparents but re-joined his parent in London to study at the Westminster School of Art under Fred Brown. He first worked first as a graphic artist, illustrator and watercolourist. Although his earliest oils date from about 1897, he did not work regularly in oils until 1905. He was influenced by French Impressionism and his paintings ranged from Celtic mythology to landscapes and genre paintings. He developed his own Expressionistic style of work and used a wide range of bright colours and free brushstrokes. His paintings share similarities with those of his good friend, the artist Oscar Kokoschka. Although not active in the Irish Republican movement, he expressed his sympathy towards the cause through his moving and realistic depictions of the urban and rural life in Ireland to portray a modern Dublin.
He began exhibiting at the R.H.A.( Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin) from 1899; A.R.H.A. 1914, R.H.A. 1915. A Retrospective exhibition was held at the National Gallery, London, 1942, Dublin 1945, Temple Newsam, Leeds, and the Tate Gallery 1948, etc. An exhibition of his last works was shown at the Waddington Galleries, London, 1958. Died in Dublin 28 March 1957.
