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Jack B. He spent his early years moving with his family between London, Dublin, and Sligo as his father struggled to establish himself as an artist.

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From to , he lived in Sligo with his maternal grandparents. He rejoined his family in London, in , in order to begin his art training at the South Kensington School of Art, and then at the Chiswick School of Art. It was at the latter that Jack met his future wife, fellow student, Mary Cottenham White; they married in Surrey in and, in , they settled in the coastal village of Strete, Devon.

Jack began his artistic career, in the s, as a black and white journalistic illustrator for various publications, alongside carrying out design work for Allen and Sons in Manchester. Following his move to Devon with Cottie in , however, Jack decided to focus on working in watercolour, holding his first exhibition of watercolours, of Devon life, at the Clifford Gallery, London in Jack and Cottie moved to Ireland in , settling at Greystones, Co.

Wicklow until , followed by 61 Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin and finally, in , to 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin where they remained for the rest of their lives. Following the move to Ireland, Jack began to work in oil paint. His early paintings share the realist approach of his graphic work and concentrate on scenes of rural and urban life.

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As time went on he experimented more with colour and used larger canvases. The subject matter of his later paintings is more obscure, although the work remains figurative. Alongside his painting, Jack continued to produce a considerable amount of work for publication, including illustrations for J. Synge's book The Aran Islands In addition, Yeats published a number of plays for miniature theatre, a collection of short stories for children, and several plays and novels published throughout the s and s.