YEATS, JACK BUTLER

yāts, 1871–1957, Irish painter, son of the painter John Butler Yeats and brother of the poet William Butler Yeats. He began his career as an illustrator and produced his first oils in 1915, choosing literary subjects. His Irish seascapes and landscapes are notable for their loose, spontaneous brush work.

See biography by B. Arnold (1998).

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books on: Yeats Jack Butler  - 174 results

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The Yeats Country: A Guide to Places in the West of Ireland Associated with the Life and Writings of William Butler Yeats
Book by Sheelah Kirby, Patrick Gallagher; Dolmen Press, 1962
Subjects: Fiction, Yeats, W. B--(William Butler)--1865-1939
...of the State forests. Of COOLE HOUSE itself, Yeats prophetically wrote: Here traveller, scholar...was a welcome guest, as were her friends W. B. Yeats, his painter brother Jack Yeats, John Millington Synge, as well as Douglas Hyde...
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William Butler Yeats: The Poet as a Mythmaker, 1865--1939
Book by Morton Irving Seiden; Michigan State University Press, 1962
Subjects: Mythology In Literature, Yeats, W. B--(William Butler)--1865-1939
...391 In individual poems, furthermore, Yeats brings together words which, but only...392 of wisdom and vulgar nonsense: Jack had my virginity, And bids me to the oak...those men who are antithetical. But to Yeats all the warring opposites are merely halves...
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Yeats: The Man and the Masks
Book by Richard Ellmann; Macmillan, 1948
Subjects: Fiction, Yeats, W. B--(William Butler)--1865-1939
...Wright, Claude Falls, 41 , 61 , 62 Wright, Judge, 35 Yeats, Elizabeth, 101 , 207 Yeats, Henry W. B. Yeatss granduncle , 10 Yeats, Jack Butler, 207 Yeats, John Butler, 7 , 81 , 101 , 163 , 190 , 210 ; education, 8 - 11 ; scepticism, 9...
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W. B. Yeats, 1865-1939
Book by Joseph Hone; Macmillan, 1943
Subjects: Authors, Irish--Biography, Irish poetry, Yeats, W. B--(William Butler)--1865-1939
Butler Yeats, with acknowledgments to Jack B. Yeats and Miss Lily Yeats. In the case of Yeats own letters the permission has been given by Mrs. Yeats. In reproducing these I have frequently corrected the spelling. There were certain quite...
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The Lonely Tower: Studies in the Poetry of W.B. Yeats
Book by T. R. Henn; Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952
Subjects: Fiction, Yeats, W. B--(William Butler)--1865-1939
...316 -17 Letters to Dorothy, see Yeats, W. B. Wells, H. G., 184...291 Yale Review, The, 208 n. Yeats, Jack B., 1 , 2 n., 90 n., 141...Press Broadsheets, 229 , 345 -6 Yeats, J. B., 229 , 230 Letters to...
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journal articles on: Yeats Jack Butler  - 39 results

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Yeats' Crazy Jane and Jack the Journeyman, 1-12
Journal article by Stuart Hirschberg; The Explicator, Vol. 37, 1979
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
Yeats CRAZY JANE AND JACK THE JOURNEYMAN, 1-12 John Unterecker, in A Readers Guide to William Butler Yeats (New York: The Noonday Press, 1959...Shakespear" underlying "Crazy Jane and Jack the Journeyman." Paradoxically, Janes...
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Richard Yates's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Thug: "Doctor Jack-O'-Lantern."
Journal article by Ronald J. Nelson; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 32, 1995
Subjects: Authors, American--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Short stories, American--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Yates, Richard--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...young thug: "Doctor Jack-O-Lantern." by Ronald...Loneliness. "Doctor Jack-o-lantern," 40 years old this year. Another Yeats (William Butler) said in a letter to...Miss Price in "Doctor Jack-o-lantern." One...
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Avid Monsters: The Look of Agony in Contemporary Literature
Journal article by Arthur Saltzman; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 45, 1999
Subjects: Cruelty--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Literature and morals--Evaluation, Literature, Modern--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...accomplice of The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper. Sickert defends his appetite...The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper. New York: Random, 1991. Yeats, William Butler. "Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop...
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Making a Poem: Some Thoughts about Poetry and the People Who Write It
Journal article by Michael Mcfee; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Making a Poem: Some Thoughts About Poetry and the People Who Write It (Book)--Book reviews
...wake our parents yelling "bah bah bah bah bah" until we come through "Little Jack Horner" and "Hey Diddle Diddle" to Emily Dickinson and William Butler Yeats. (14, 17) <br/ That he begins this book with such an essay, and concludes...
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Recent Studies in the Nineteenth Century
Journal article by Clyde De L. Ryals; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 36, 1996
Subjects: Criticism--Bibliography, English literature, 1775-1837 (Romantic period)--Literature, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Literature, Literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Reiman, Tilottama Rajan, and Marilyn Butler. Keats and History, a collection of...Kemble, Frances A., and Frances A. Butler Leigh. Principles and Privilege: Two...1-85477-160-4. Yeats, William Butler. Poems, 1895. Decadents, Symbolists...
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The Second Coming: Ireland Still Lives in the Shadow of W B Yeats. at Times, the Shadow Darkens and Changes Its Shape, but It Is Never Absent, Because His Search for Freedom and Soaring Autonomy Makes Him Our Contemporary
Magazine article by Colm Toibin; New Statesman, Vol. 132, October 27, 2003
Subjects: W B Yeats: a life (volume II: the arch-poet) (Book)--Reviews
...contemporary. by Colm Toibin W B Yeats: a life (volume II: the arch...or worldly success. Neither John Butler Yeats nor Henry James Sr recovered from...produced two sons who were geniuses (Jack Yeats was a great painter, as William...
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In the (Jack) Kerouac Archive
Magazine article by Douglas Brinkley; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 282, November 1998
Subjects: American fiction, American writers, Bohemianism, Kerouac, Jack
...visionary poems of William Butler Yeats, the first "happening...enthusiastic about jazz than Jack Kerouac, particularly...John Yours Jakey Moorhouse Jack Love to Yam Shirley and...and musical staff As ever Jack August, 1965 Dear Sterling...
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Beyond Faeryland
Magazine article by John Simon; New Criterion, Vol. 22, May 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, W. B. Yeats: A Life Volume II: The Arch-Poet, 1915-1939 (Book)--Book reviews
...personality, this William Butler Yeats in his involvements in...F. Fosters gigantic Yeats. The first volume, The...Tillinghast ("W. B. Yeats: The labyrinth of anothers...into the ground; brother Jack, the gifted painter...
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1960: A Year That Changed America: The Year 1960 Found Americans Glued to Televisions, under a Spell Being Woven by a Charismatic Presidential Candidate, and on the Verge of Societal Turmoil
Magazine article by Jack Kenny; The New American, Vol. 26, March 1, 2010
Subjects: Kennedy, John F.--Elections, Presidential elections--1960 AD, Presidents--1960 AD, Presidents--Elections, United States--Elections
...killed two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby, who somehow gained entrance to...earlier by an Irish poet named William Butler Yeats: Things fall apart; the centre cannot...drowned. "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats.
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The Passing City
Magazine article by Susan Saccoccia; Humanities, Vol. 28, September 2007
Subjects: Art exhibits, Art galleries & museums, Artists studios, Girls, Hairdressers, High rise buildings
...is visible in his art. In 1 909, he met the Irish philosopher and painter John Butler Yeats, the father of painter Jack Butler Yeats and poet William Butler Yeats. Their friendship helped the two outsiders become insiders. Yeats became a surrogate...
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newspaper articles on: Yeats Jack Butler  - 37 results

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Successful Picture of Brothers in Arts; Jack Yeats. by Bruce Arnold (Yale: Pounds 29.95). Reviewed by Richard Edmonds
Newspaper article by Richard Edmonds; The Birmingham Post (England), October 10, 1998
Successful Picture of Brothers in Arts; Jack Yeats. by Bruce Arnold (Yale: Pounds 29.95). Reviewed by Richard Edmonds. by Richard Edmonds Jack Butler Yeats, the Irish painter of the soul whose life is captured...
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The Contents of Jack B Yeats' Studio Draw [Euro]25k at Auction
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 31, 2011
The Contents of Jack B Yeats Studio Draw Euro25k at Auction. Byline: Jennifer Bray THE CONTENTS of the studio of Jack Butler Yeats have sold at auction for euro25,000. The artist, who died in...
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Brotherly Shove for Yeats' Pics
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 2, 2008
Subjects: Motion picture industry, Movie industry
Brotherly Shove for Yeats Pics. Byline: By LISA OCONNOR TWO...featured. The images by Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats are expected to fetch up to EUR12...that is exceeded." Yeats supporter Jack Geoghegan purchased the pieces from...
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THE BUTCHERS OF BACHELOR'S WALK; How Shots from British Troops in 1914 Hit Luke Kelly's Father -- and Inspired a Yeats Painting
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 13, 2009
...Kings Own Scottish Butchers. The day after the shootings, the artist Jack Butler Yeats made his way to the scene and sketched his impression. Seven years...recuperates in hospital Painful history: Bachelors Walk, In Memory, by Jack B Yeats
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Sale of Yeats Sketches to Draw in the Arty Crowd; Talk OF THE Town
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 3, 2010
...euro25,000. Sketches by John Butler Yeats and his son Jack are also going up for sale. The...from sketch books that belonged to Jack, are similar to the ones auctioned...ago. The books were gifted by Yeats to his friend and patron Ernie...
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encyclopedia articles on: Yeats Jack Butler  - 2 results

 
 
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Yeats, Jack Butler
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
YEATS, JACK BUTLER yats, 1871 1957, Irish painter, son of the painter John Butler Yeats and brother of the poet William Butler Yeats . He began his career as an illustrator and produced his...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...J. J. R. Macleod W. B. Yeats 1924 K. M. G. Siegbahn Willem...Jane Addams Nicholas Murray Butler Carl Bosch Friedrich Bergius...M. Lederman Melvin Schwartz Jack Steinberger Gertrude B. Elion...I. Alferov Herbert Kroemer Jack S. Kilby Arvid Carlsson Paul...


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