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15 de nov. de 2022 · Jack Butler Yeats, Pilot Sligo River, 1921, oil on canvas. This nautical pilot’s relaxed but watchful frame dominates the foreground of the canvas, perhaps signifying that he occupied a heroic position in Yeats’ memory. The man’s curiously featureless face is described with a loose, impasto technique as if still being recalled.
28 de fev. de 2020 · Yeats once declared, ‘Painting is the freest of the arts…the painter must himself be free and his country must be free’ (quoted in Hilary Pyle, ‘Men of Destiny: Jack B. and W. B Yeats’ in Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review ). In saying this, as Yeats’ biographer Pyle observed, ‘he was echoing the sentiment expressed by WB in the ...
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland: Directed by Alex Verner. With Pierce Brosnan, Roy Foster, Dara O Briain, Colm Tóibín. A revelatory, biographical outline of the life and times of Ireland's greatest painter, Jack B. Yeats.
6 de abr. de 2016 · Jack’s subjects were the vibrant life of Dublin city, the mystical and uncertain world of Irish legend, and the day to day life and the at times mysterious landscapes of the west of Ireland. These are ideas and subjects which held his imagination across a long career; he began drawing as a young boy in the 1870s and continued to paint well ...
4 de set. de 2021 · Size. 61 x 91 cm. Medium. Oil on canvas. Provenance. Presented, Trustees of the Haverty Trust, 1931. Number. NGI.941. In this painting, Yeats captures the atmosphere and thrill of an event that has been part of Dublin’s annual sporting calendar since 1920.
4 de set. de 2021 · Yeats painted just over 1,200 oil paintings over the course of his life, with the majority painted in his last 15 years. By Sharon Lynch. A new exhibition celebrating the work of artist Jack B ...
Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter, perhaps best known for being the brother of famed poet W.B. Yeats. Hailed as one of the most important Irish artists of the 20th century, the Expressionist painter used thick, smeared paint and visible palette knife marks to create his works, which often depicted landscapes, gypsies, and Celtic myths.
