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Jack Butler Yeats

1871 - 1957

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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist. W. B. Yeats was his brother.Butler's early style was that of an illustrator; he only began to work regularly in oils in 1906. His early pictures are simple lyrical depictions of landscapes and figures, predominantly from the west of Ireland—especially of his boyhood home of Sligo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Butler Yeats has received more than 257,438 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jack Butler Yeats is the 1,933rd most popular painter (down from 1,675th in 2019), the 4,931st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,865th in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Painter.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jack Butler Yeats by language

Over the past year Jack Butler Yeats has had the most page views in the with 36,420 views, followed by Chinese (4,012), and German (1,833). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (96.57%), Esperanto (35.75%), and Swahili (34.62%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jack Butler Yeats ranks 1,933 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonín Slavíček, Zdenka Braunerová, Luke Fildes, Thomas Doughty, William Beechey, and Tracey Emin. After him are Neo Rauch, Joseph DeCamp, David Smith, John Opie, Laura Knight, and Elaine de Kooning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Jack Butler Yeats ranks 164. Before him are Henry Stephenson, Wilfred Lucas, Max Bodenstein, Yoshioka Yayoi, Clarence Hudson White, and Poul Heegaard. After him are William Diller Matthew, John Sloan, Eugen Burg, Anne Sewell Young, Reginald Aldworth Daly, and Fran Saleški Finžgar. Among people deceased in 1957, Jack Butler Yeats ranks 205. Before him are Helene Costello, Grigory Landsberg, William Murrill, Guillaume Grandidier, Ralph Barton Perry, and Mary Proctor. After him are Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Ezio Pinza, Katie Johnson, Keith Andrews, Gene Lockhart, and Joyce Cary.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Butler Yeats ranks 4,931 out of 8,785. Before him are Reginald Denny (1891), John Rhodes (1927), Toby Kebbell (1982), Gavin Rossdale (1965), W. G. Grace (1848), and Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884). After him are Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536), Billy Liddell (1922), John Ogilvie (1579), Will Champion (1978), Henry Roscoe (1833), and Ann Lee (1967).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Jack Butler Yeats ranks 113. Before him are Paul Nash (1889), James Thornhill (1675), Roland Penrose (1900), Luke Fildes (1843), William Beechey (1753), and Tracey Emin (1963). After him are John Opie (1761), Laura Knight (1877), William Duesbury (1725), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and Rebecca Solomon (1832).

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