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John Butler Yeats

1839 - 1922

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John Butler Yeats RHA (16 March 1839 – 3 February 1922) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Butler Yeats is the 99th most popular artist (down from 59th in 2019), the 4,929th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,000th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, John Butler Yeats ranks 99 out of 125. Before him are Eric Gill, Martha Rosler, Borka Pavićević, Cassandra Austen, Art Babbitt, and Edward Kienholz. After him are Vik Muniz, Joseph Smit, Pippa Bacca, Red Skelton, Peter Sellars, and Alex Grey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, John Butler Yeats ranks 91. Before him are Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Ignacio Andrade, Casimiro de Abreu, Ivan Kuratov, William T. Anderson, and John Ballance. After him are Redvers Buller, John Aitken, Robert Smalls, and Oliver Hazard Payne. Among people deceased in 1922, John Butler Yeats ranks 128. Before him are August Palm, Cathal Brugha, Gösta Runö, Pál Simon, Anna Missuna, and Alfred Capus. After him are Liberato Marcial Rojas, William Desmond Taylor, Henry Lawson, Charles Thias, Lyman Abbott, and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Butler Yeats ranks 4,930 out of 8,785. Before him are Norma Varden (1898), David Storey (1933), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), and Charles Sheffield (1935). After him are Richard Overy (1947), O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Derek Bailey (1930), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), and Ed Skrein (1983).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, John Butler Yeats ranks 9. Before him are Edward Burne-Jones (1833), William Etty (1787), Damien Hirst (1965), Mary Delany (1700), Eric Gill (1882), and Cassandra Austen (1773). After him are Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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