Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957
Dates
- Existence: 1871-08-29 - 1957-03-28
Biographical Note
Jack B. Yeats was born in 1871, in London. As a young man he moved to London and attended a number of art schools while also doing illustration work to support his family. His works frequently featured common Irish people, figures of legend, and unusual characters. He also contributed art to Cuala Industries, which was run by his sisters. He experienced some difficulty in his career around 1915 when he began to experiment with color and work in oils, but later he became known for his use of color and was prolific, producing more than a thousand oil paintings in his lifetime. He died in 1957.
Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Eleanor B. Reid, 1955 March 24
Includes correspondence, original drawings, published illustrations and reproductions of paintings, and ephemera related to exhibits of Jack B. Yeats's artwork. Note that prints designed by Jack B. Yeats but printed by Cuala Press can be found in Yeats family presses series.
Collection is open for research.
Letter to John Masefield and illustration "John Masefield in the character of the Bold Buccaneer in the Play of The Clipper Monte, or Noble Deeds on the Gara River", 1910 March 27
Includes correspondence, original drawings, published illustrations and reproductions of paintings, and ephemera related to exhibits of Jack B. Yeats's artwork. Note that prints designed by Jack B. Yeats but printed by Cuala Press can be found in Yeats family presses series.
Collection is open for research.
Letter to Lady Gregory, with a sketch, 1906
Includes correspondence, original drawings, published illustrations and reproductions of paintings, and ephemera related to exhibits of Jack B. Yeats's artwork. Note that prints designed by Jack B. Yeats but printed by Cuala Press can be found in Yeats family presses series.
Collection is open for research.
Letter to Lady Gregory with illustrated envelope, 1907
Includes correspondence, original drawings, published illustrations and reproductions of paintings, and ephemera related to exhibits of Jack B. Yeats's artwork. Note that prints designed by Jack B. Yeats but printed by Cuala Press can be found in Yeats family presses series.
Collection is open for research.
Letter to Susan Yeats (his mother), with sketches, approximately 1880-1883
Includes correspondence, original drawings, published illustrations and reproductions of paintings, and ephemera related to exhibits of Jack B. Yeats's artwork. Note that prints designed by Jack B. Yeats but printed by Cuala Press can be found in Yeats family presses series.
Collection is open for research.
Lily Yeats ("Her Book"), between 1908-1968
2 copies.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Margaret Griselda Fremantle ("Her Book"), between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
May Sabina Stock ("In Quietness and Confidence Shall Be Thy Strength"), between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Menu for "Dinner to Jack B. Yeats" at Jammets, 1949 October 5
Menu includes a sketch by Jack B.
Collection is open for research.
Na Dubhda ("Tar chugham a chroidhe ghil tar/Chugham a chroidhe/Tá néalta dúba ar Árd na Ríogh"), between 1908-1968
2 copies. One appears to contain a misprint and reads "Ua Dubhda", where the "U" is an upside-down "N".
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Norah Lindsay ("Sutton Courtney"), between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
"Once I went over the ocean…", between 1908-1968
Colum, Padraig (Poet). 2 cards.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Photograph, Jack Butler Yeats in his studio at Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, by William Baird MacQuitty. Black-and-white silver gelatin print, signed by MacQuitty, 1950
Includes correspondence, original drawings, published illustrations and reproductions of paintings, and ephemera related to exhibits of Jack B. Yeats's artwork. Note that prints designed by Jack B. Yeats but printed by Cuala Press can be found in Yeats family presses series.
Collection is open for research.
Poem "To Jack B. Yeats", unidentified author, 1943 March 5
Includes correspondence, original drawings, published illustrations and reproductions of paintings, and ephemera related to exhibits of Jack B. Yeats's artwork. Note that prints designed by Jack B. Yeats but printed by Cuala Press can be found in Yeats family presses series.
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 1, "Evening", between 1908-1968
Prints, as listed in Cuala Industries' "List of Hand-printed and Hand-coloured Prints with Words, also Poems with Initial Letters, All Suitable for Framing". Unlike the cards, print numbers are not indicated on the prints themselves; the numbers, titles, artists, and poets are taken from Cuala's list. (See the "printing lists" file.) Some prints are uncolored, as noted.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 2, "The Post Car", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 2, "The Post Car", between 1969-1979
Prints produced from original plates by a newly incorporated iteration of the press, Cuala Press, Ltd., run by Anne and Michael Yeats, children of W.B. Yeats. Unlike prints produced by the original iteration of Cuala Press, these prints are numbered and titled directly on the work.
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 2, "The Post Car", between 1908-1968
Prints, as listed in Cuala Industries' "List of Hand-printed and Hand-coloured Prints with Words, also Poems with Initial Letters, All Suitable for Framing". Unlike the cards, print numbers are not indicated on the prints themselves; the numbers, titles, artists, and poets are taken from Cuala's list. (See the "printing lists" file.) Some prints are uncolored, as noted.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 3, "Start of the Race", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 3, "Start of the Race", between 1969-1979
Prints produced from original plates by a newly incorporated iteration of the press, Cuala Press, Ltd., run by Anne and Michael Yeats, children of W.B. Yeats. Unlike prints produced by the original iteration of Cuala Press, these prints are numbered and titled directly on the work.
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 3, "The Start of the Race", between 1908-1968
3 prints, 2 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 4, "Finish of the Race", between 1969-1979
Prints produced from original plates by a newly incorporated iteration of the press, Cuala Press, Ltd., run by Anne and Michael Yeats, children of W.B. Yeats. Unlike prints produced by the original iteration of Cuala Press, these prints are numbered and titled directly on the work.
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 4, "The Finish", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 4, "The Finish", between 1908-1968
3 prints, 1 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 5, "The Village", between 1908-1968
Prints, as listed in Cuala Industries' "List of Hand-printed and Hand-coloured Prints with Words, also Poems with Initial Letters, All Suitable for Framing". Unlike the cards, print numbers are not indicated on the prints themselves; the numbers, titles, artists, and poets are taken from Cuala's list. (See the "printing lists" file.) Some prints are uncolored, as noted.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.