Artist. Born in Tullyish, County Down. Father of William Butler and John 'Jack' Butler Yeats. He had a short-lived careeer as a lawyer, before turning to painting. He specialised in portraiture, and his painting of John O'Leary is considered to be his masterpiece. In 1907 he moved to the U.S.A. where he became involved with the Ashcan School of painters. Died in New York City. This picture is a self-portrait.
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John Butler Yeats
John Butler Yeats 1839 - 1922 artist W.B. Yeats 1865 - 1939 poet Jack B. Yeat...
Collector of glass, books and engravings funded from the wealth he inherited from his father. Member of the Society of Antiquaries, he endowed 3 Slade Professorships of Fine Art at universities, an...
An extremely rich art collector and Francophile. Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet of Sudbourne Hall in Suffolk; of Hertford House in London; of Antrim Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; of 2 ...
Started in 1890 when a group of friends began meeting informally. At least one of these friends, Whistler, was dissatisfied with the club of which he was already a member, the Arts Club. They were ...
Born Hartlepool. Painter. He met and became friends with Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1864, who along with John Ruskin gave him practical help in his work. From 1865 to 1867 he collaborated on a gro...
This charity was founded at the start of WW1 by Arthur Pearson, the newspaper magnate who became blind in later life, as The Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Care Committee. February 1915 it opened t...
Originally built to hold prisoners being tried by the Marshalsea Court and the Court of the King's Bench. Its first site, from at least 1329 was on Borough High Street on the block now bordered...
Shakespeare scholar. Doctor of Law and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Active in 1909.
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A non-profit contemporary art gallery. It focuses on a programme of commissioned exhibitions, offsite projects and events, film screenings and talks. Our photograph shows a performance at the gallery.
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