W. B. Yeats
Artist
William Rothenstein
(1872 - 1945)
Date1898
MediumLithograph on paper
Dimensions30.5 x 20 cm
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by the Artist, 1908.
Object number428
DescriptionThis is a planographic print (lithograph) on paper of a portrait of W.B. Yeats.He was born in Bradford and studied at the Slade School of Art (his teachers including Alphonse Legros) and in Paris, where he met and was encouraged by Rex Whistler and Edgar Degas. He became known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and was an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers.
Rothenstein was Principal of the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935, where he encouraged figures including Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore and Paul Nash. He wrote several books, including English Portraits (1898) and the autobiographical volumes, Men and Memories. He was knighted in 1931.
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