Artist: John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) Title: Portrait of a Young Lady Medium: oil on canvas Size: 61 x 51cm (24.02 x 20.08in) Framed Size: 63.5 x 53cm Provenance: Yeats Family Collection; Dawson Gallery, Dublin (framing label verso); Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Usually it is the children of famous parents who struggle to escape from their shadow, but John Butler Yeats seemed to reverse this proposition. A barrister by training and a gifted portrait artist by nature, he produced a great deal of work in sketc... Read more Usually it is the children of famous parents who struggle to escape from their shadow, but John Butler Yeats seemed to reverse this proposition. A barrister by training and a gifted portrait artist by nature, he produced a great deal of work in sketch form: brilliant and lively responses to a galaxy of sitters, but in the form of small, hard-to-reproduce drawings. He was almost reluctant to make finished paintings, but this excellent portrait of a young lady is a salutary reminder of his outstanding ability.
Artist: John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) Title: Portrait of a Young Lady Medium: oil on canvas Size: 61 x 51cm (24.02 x 20.08in) Framed Size: 63.5 x 53cm Provenance: Yeats Family Collection; Dawson Gallery, Dublin (framing label verso); Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Usually it is the children of famous parents who struggle to escape from their shadow, but John Butler Yeats seemed to reverse this proposition. A barrister by training and a gifted portrait artist by nature, he produced a great deal of work in sketc... Read more Usually it is the children of famous parents who struggle to escape from their shadow, but John Butler Yeats seemed to reverse this proposition. A barrister by training and a gifted portrait artist by nature, he produced a great deal of work in sketch form: brilliant and lively responses to a galaxy of sitters, but in the form of small, hard-to-reproduce drawings. He was almost reluctant to make finished paintings, but this excellent portrait of a young lady is a salutary reminder of his outstanding ability.
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