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  • Hardcover: 428 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press (14 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0300075499
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300075496
  • Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 21 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Jack Yeats (1871-1957) stands a a major figure in Irish 20th-century art. An isolated artist throughout his life, Yeats dominated soley through the talent, magic and inventiveness of his painting. His vision and his standing, as well as the many critical judgments during the 40 years since his death have provoked controversies which the author confronts. In this biography Bruce Arnold tells the full story of the artist's life and analyzes his prodigious output. This included not only some 1000 paintings and vast numbers of illustrations, comic cartoons, drawings and watercolours, but also seven novels and nine plays. Based on research among primary sources, this illustrated book describes the life of the son of the portrait painter John Butler Yeats and the younger brother of the poet William Butler Yeats. It provides a portrait of the complex and enigmantic artist whose reputation and artistic vision have become increasingly admired in the years since his death.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Portrait Of An Artist, 5 Feb 2004
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Jack Yeats (1871-1957) stands as a major figure in Irish 20th-century art. An isolated artist throughout his life, Yeats dominated solely through the talent, magic and inventiveness of his painting. His vision and his standing, as well as the many critical judgments during the 40 years since his death have provoked controversies which the author confronts.
In this major biography Bruce Arnold tells the full story of the artist's life and analyses his prodigious output. This included not only some 1000 paintings and vast numbers of illustrations, comic cartoons, drawings and watercolours, but also seven novels and nine plays. An innately original man, Yeats eschewed all movements, took no pupils, taught only by example. Yet he exerted a fundamental and fascinating influence on Irish culture during his long and diverse life.
Based on extensive research among primary sources, this generously illustrated book describes the life of the son of the portrait painter, John Butler Yeats, and the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats.
Born in London, Jack spent his formative years in his grandparents’ home in Ireland. His first show was held in England, but the young artist was inexorably drawn to Ireland where he created in drawings and paintings an Irish spirit and language that increasingly captured and glorified the heroism, mystery, myths and legends of the Irish people,
This book explores Yeats’ friendships with John Masefield, John Millington Synge, Samuel Beckett, and others; his self-identification with his chosen country; and his struggle against indifference and mockery. It provides a compelling portrait of the complex and enigmatic artist whose reputation and artistic vision have become increasingly admired in the years since his death. It is a well-documented text with an excellent reference and index section.
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