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:
Print No. 19, "Mountain Road", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 19, "The Mountain Road", 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. 20, "The Crib", between 1908-1968
Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 21, "The Message", between 1908-1968
3 prints, 2 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 22, "The Hurler", between 1908-1968
Letts, W.M. (Poet). 2 prints, 1 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 23, "Rune of Hospitality", between 1908-1968
MacLeod, Kenneth (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 24, "Leafy Munster", between 1908-1968
Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 27, "The Bog Road", 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. 31, "A Shop in Sailor Town", 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. 33, "The First Time Round", 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. 34, "The Playboy", 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. 99, "The Jockey", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 99, "The Jockey", between 1908-1968
2 prints, 1 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 100, "The Dublin Quays", between 1908-1968
Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 101, "The Side 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. 102, "The Bog Road", between 1908-1968
2 prints, uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print, unnumbered, "The Canvas Man", between 1908-1968
Possibly a proof. Uncolored. Vendor notes indicate that the image was included in the November 1914 "A Broadside".
Collection is open for research.
Published reproduction, "Singing A political Ballad", undated
Page 45 of an unidentified published work.
Collection is open for research.
Published reproductions: "The Exile from Erin", "The Parish Priest", "The Politician", and "The Publican", 1913
Book pages from an unidentified work, with color plates of Jack B. Yeats paintings.
Collection is open for research.
S.F. Beeke Lane, 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.
Sketchbook with pencil, ink, and watercolor, cover labeled "Connemara 1905," with a 1945 inscription to Maurice James Craig, 1905, 1945
Includes the sketchbook, in Box 23, and provenance with further description, in Box 1.
Collection is open for research.
Studio address in Jack's handwriting and Cuala Press card no. 119, undated
Also includes vendor description with provenance of these items.
Collection is open for research.
Studio inventory by the executor of Jack B. Yeats's estate, Anne Yeats, approximately 1957
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.
"The Wren Boys", approximately 1925
1 copy.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Ua Rathghaille (armchair with coat of arms in a library), between 1908-1968
Likely made for Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, known as "The O'Rahilly".
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.