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Jack Butler Yeats

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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Date: 20080415
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Jack Butler Yeats , 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.

Bibliography: See biography by B. Arnold (1998).



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