Jack B. Yeats (Leaving Cert Art): Flashcards
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Jack B. Yeats lifespan
Jack B. Yeats lifespan
1871-1957
Jack B. Yeats's brother (poet)
Jack B. Yeats's brother (poet)
W.B. Yeats
Jack B. Yeats's father
Jack B. Yeats's father
John Butler Yeats (portrait painter)
Cultural movement Yeats family were integral to
Cultural movement Yeats family were integral to
Celtic Revival movement
Yeats's early career medium (1900s-1910s)
Yeats's early career medium (1900s-1910s)
Watercolour
Year Yeats began using oil paint
Year Yeats began using oil paint
1910
Impasto technique definition
Impasto technique definition
Paint applied so thickly brushstrokes become sculptural
Mature period (1920s-40s): forms defined by what?
Mature period (1920s-40s): forms defined by what?
Brushstrokes rather than line
Year 'A Farewell to Mayo' painted
Year 'A Farewell to Mayo' painted
1929
Year 'The Funeral of Harry Boland' painted
Year 'The Funeral of Harry Boland' painted
1923
Political themes in transition period (3 themes)
Political themes in transition period (3 themes)
Death, nationalism, Irish struggle for independence
Yeats quote: painter & country must be...
Yeats quote: painter & country must be...
Free
Early period technique (1900-1910)
Early period technique (1900-1910)
Watercolours & pen-and-ink, precise detail, muted colours
Three key themes in Yeats's work
Three key themes in Yeats's work
Irish identity, mortality, human experience