WattsOS/database
Log inSign up
WattsOS/DB
Log inSign upMy Account
WATTS INDEX
Artists›Jack Butler Yeats
Jack Butler Yeats

Jack Butler Yeats

Irish-British, 1871–1957
WA-00051944
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
28
Assets Indexed
1
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph
No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • Is PublishedManual· 100%✓

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Jack Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist. Born into a family of impoverished Anglo-Irish landholders, his father was the painter John Butler Yeats, and his brother was the poet W. B. Yeats. Jack B. was born in London but was raised in County Sligo with his maternal grandparents, before returning to London in 1887 to live with his parents. Afterwards he travelled frequently between the two countries; while in Ireland he lived mainly in Greystones, County Wicklow and in Dublin city.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 11d ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
—
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
6 in graph
Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (5)

Artwork sources (2)

5 published of 7 catalogued · 7 with image
  • Tate
    5 published5 img
  • + 1 more source · 2 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources
  • Morning after Rain
    1923 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • A Rose Among Many Waters
    1952 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • The Death of Diarmuid, the Last Handful of Water
    1945 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • The Two Travellers
    1942 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Back from the Races
    1925 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

Jack Butler Yeats (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
End of the Season (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3
Collections3
Art Institute of ChicagoTateChristie's
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Tate
Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

No exhibitions or timeline entries yet