| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Yeats, Jack Butler |
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(y ts) (KEY) , 1871–1957, Irish painter, son of the painter John Butler Yeats and brother of the poet William Butler Yeats. He began his career as an illustrator and produced his first oils in 1915, choosing literary subjects. His Irish seascapes and landscapes are notable for their loose, spontaneous brush work. | 1 | | See biography by B. Arnold (1998). | 2 |
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