John Butler Yeats

Irish · 1839–1922 · Painter

John Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland… (Wikipedia)

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PORTRAIT OF LILY YEATS AT BEDFORD PARK, LONDONWhyte's · Apr 2008€14,500≈ $22,661≈ £11,378Sign up to see
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Aunt Yeats
Drawing · Paper
17 x 12cm (6.7 x 4.7in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 29, 2022 · Lot 142
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Lily Yeats
Drawing · Paper
24 x 19cm (9.4 x 7.5in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 29, 2022 · Lot 164
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Portrait of William Butler Yeats
Drawing · Paper
17½ x 12cm (6.9 x 4.7in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 29, 2022 · Lot 34
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Self Portrait
Drawing
21 x 15.30cm (8.3 x 6in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 29, 2022 · Lot 6
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TWO GIRLS SEATED IN A GARDEN
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21¼ x 14¼in. (53.98 x 36.20cm)
Whyte's · Nov 28, 2022 · Lot 10
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SKETCHES (SET OF THREE)
Drawing
13 x 11in. (33.02 x 27.94cm)
Whyte's · Nov 28, 2022 · Lot 11
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Portrait Of Lily
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24.1 x 19cm
deVeres · Nov 22, 2022 · Lot 130
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Lily Reading
Drawing · Paper
19 x 24cm (7.5 x 9.4in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 1, 2022 · Lot 108
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Self Portrait, c.1919
Drawing · Paper
50 x 37½cm (19.7 x 14.8in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 1, 2022 · Lot 29
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The Edwardian Lady
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36 x 34cm (14.2 x 13.4in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Sep 12, 2022 · Lot 106
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About John Butler Yeats

John Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and works on paper, including one of his portraits of his son William, painted in 1900.

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In museum collections

John Quinn, 1908
National Portrait Gallery · Public domain
Van Wyck Brooks, 1909
National Portrait Gallery · Public domain
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, 1899
National Gallery of Ireland · Public domain
Portrait of Miss K. Leney, 1902
National Gallery of Ireland · Public domain

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