John Butler Yeats

Father of W.B. Yeats and Jack B. Yeats. A remarkable painter in his own right.

John Butler Yeats (1839–1922) was one of Ireland's most important portrait painters — capturing poets, thinkers, and artists with psychological honesty and exceptional draughtsmanship. His portraits of literary Ireland at its most vital are irreplaceable documents of a golden era.

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Portrait of W. B. Yeats by Irish artist John Butler Yeats, painted in a dark tonal palette with a contemplative expression.