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John Butler Yeats
John Butler Yeats by Alice Boughton
Born(1839-03-16)16 March 1839
Lawrencetown, County Down, Ireland
Died3 February 1922(1922-02-03) (aged 82)
New York, New York, United States
Resting placeChestertown, New York
EducationTrinity College Dublin
Heatherley School of Fine Art
Known forPainting
ChildrenW. B. Yeats
Lily Yeats
Elizabeth Yeats
Jack Butler Yeats

John Butler Yeats (16 March 1839 – 3 February 1922) was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" 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.[1] His portrait of John O'Leary (1904) is considered his masterpiece (Raymond Keaveney 2002).

  1. ^ "Portrait of William Butler Yeats". National Gallery of Ireland online collection. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

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