RASCALLY OLD CAT John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922)
Signature: inscribed with title lower right Medium: pencil Dimensions: 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5in. Provenance: Provenance:Gifted by Jack Butler Yeats to his friend and patron Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957); Thence by descent to the present owner Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957), born in Castlebar, Co.Mayo was a major figure in theWar of Independence and the Irish CivilWar as well as a pivotal figure in artistic circles and author of enduring accoun... nts of Irish modern history such as On Another Man’sWound. Each of the following drawings is individually framed and bears a certificate of provenance and authenticity on reverse. (The female sitters in these works are likely to be Lily Yeats and Susan Mitchell both of whom regularly sat for the artist). John Butler Yeats was father of a family of six with Susan Pollexfen (1841-1900) his wife whom he married in Sligo in 1863. Of the six children the most famous were poet William Butler Yeats and artists Jack B. Yeats, Lily Yeats and Lolly Yeats. Best known for his portraiture, several examples survive and can be found in the Yeats Museum, in the National Gallery of Ireland. His best known examples include a young William Butler Yeats and Fenian rebel John O’Leary (1904). Yeats was born in Lawrencetown, County Down and educated in Trinity College Dublin. He began a career in law devilling briefly with Isaac Butt before taking up painting in 1867 and studying at Heatherley’s Art School. Although never financially secure from his craft, his later portraits are recognised as having a great sensitivity to the sitter and he was a much sought-after portraitist and gained numerous commissions in Ireland, the UK and America. The family relocated several times throughout his career finally settling in New York c.1908.There he befriended members of the Ashcan School of painters, a collective who rebelled against the American Impressionism movement at the time. In contrast to its emphasis on light, the Ashcan School works were normally dark in tone, capturing harsher moments of life in Manhattan. John Butler Yeats is buried in Chestertown Rural Cemetery in Chestertown, New York more
RASCALLY OLD CAT John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922)
Signature: inscribed with title lower right Medium: pencil Dimensions: 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5in. Provenance: Provenance:Gifted by Jack Butler Yeats to his friend and patron Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957); Thence by descent to the present owner Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957), born in Castlebar, Co.Mayo was a major figure in theWar of Independence and the Irish CivilWar as well as a pivotal figure in artistic circles and author of enduring accoun... nts of Irish modern history such as On Another Man’sWound. Each of the following drawings is individually framed and bears a certificate of provenance and authenticity on reverse. (The female sitters in these works are likely to be Lily Yeats and Susan Mitchell both of whom regularly sat for the artist). John Butler Yeats was father of a family of six with Susan Pollexfen (1841-1900) his wife whom he married in Sligo in 1863. Of the six children the most famous were poet William Butler Yeats and artists Jack B. Yeats, Lily Yeats and Lolly Yeats. Best known for his portraiture, several examples survive and can be found in the Yeats Museum, in the National Gallery of Ireland. His best known examples include a young William Butler Yeats and Fenian rebel John O’Leary (1904). Yeats was born in Lawrencetown, County Down and educated in Trinity College Dublin. He began a career in law devilling briefly with Isaac Butt before taking up painting in 1867 and studying at Heatherley’s Art School. Although never financially secure from his craft, his later portraits are recognised as having a great sensitivity to the sitter and he was a much sought-after portraitist and gained numerous commissions in Ireland, the UK and America. The family relocated several times throughout his career finally settling in New York c.1908.There he befriended members of the Ashcan School of painters, a collective who rebelled against the American Impressionism movement at the time. In contrast to its emphasis on light, the Ashcan School works were normally dark in tone, capturing harsher moments of life in Manhattan. John Butler Yeats is buried in Chestertown Rural Cemetery in Chestertown, New York more
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