Jack Yeats (1871-1957) stands a a major figure in Irish 20th-century art. An isolated artist throughout his life, Yeats dominated soley through the talent, magic and inventiveness of his painting. His vision and his standing, as well as the many critical judgments during the 40 years since his death have provoked controversies which the author confronts. In this biography Bruce Arnold tells the full story of the artist's life and analyzes his prodigious output. This included not only some 1000 paintings and vast numbers of illustrations, comic cartoons, drawings and watercolours, but also seven novels and nine plays. Based on research among primary sources, this illustrated book describes the life of the son of the portrait painter John Butler Yeats and the younger brother of the poet William Butler Yeats. It provides a portrait of the complex and enigmantic artist whose reputation and artistic vision have become increasingly admired in the years since his death.
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...his evident affection and respect for Jack Yeats the man shine through even as he must admit the mixed quality of the work. -- The New York Times Book Review, Terence Brown
The Yeats family as a whole--the poet, the painter, and their two energetic sisters--was influential in all aspects of the Irish renascence of the early twentieth century, a fact that gives Mr. Arnold a wonderful, and wonderfully quotable, cast of characters for this splendid, well-illustrated biography. -- The Atlantic Monthly, Phoebe Lou Adams
The Yeats family as a whole--the poet, the painter, and their two energetic sisters--was influential in all aspects of the Irish renascence of the early twentieth century, a fact that gives Mr. Arnold a wonderful, and wonderfully quotable, cast of characters for this splendid, well-illustrated biography. -- The Atlantic Monthly, Phoebe Lou Adams
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JACK YEATS'S PLACE of birth was of no particular significance to him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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John Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, New York, William Pollexfen, Bedford Park, York Powell, Victor Waddington, Dun Emer, Sarah Purser, United States, John Masefield, John Quinn, Rosses Point, United Arts Club, Eamon de Valera, George Russell, Royal Hibernian Academy, Thomas Bodkin, Abbey Theatre, Elkin Mathews, Hilary Pyle, Lennox Robinson, Terence de Vere White, Pamela Colman Smith, Samuel Beckett New!
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JACK YEATS'S PLACE of birth was of no particular significance to him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
miniature theatre, sailing swiftly, sketchbook drawing, valley children, solo exhibitions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, New York, William Pollexfen, Bedford Park, York Powell, Victor Waddington, Dun Emer, Sarah Purser, United States, John Masefield, John Quinn, Rosses Point, United Arts Club, Eamon de Valera, George Russell, Royal Hibernian Academy, Thomas Bodkin, Abbey Theatre, Elkin Mathews, Hilary Pyle, Lennox Robinson, Terence de Vere White, Pamela Colman Smith, Samuel Beckett New!
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- Sources on Irish Art: A Reader by Fintan Cullen on 5 pages
- Yeats's Ghosts: The Secret Life of W.B. Yeats by Brenda Maddox on 4 pages
- Ireland and the Great War by Keith Jeffery in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Culture of Collected Editions by Andrew Nash on page 151, and page 152
- Karen Brown's Ireland 2005: Charming Inns & Itineraries (Karen Brown's Ireland Charming Inns & Itineraries) by June Eveleigh Brown on page 219
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