1945, Jack B. Yeats, No Flowers -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Remembrance is a motif that recurs in Yeats's work. In this painting, an elderly man visits a cemetery. He has no flowers, so, bending forward, places leaves upon one of the freshly covered graves as a token. The economic description of the headstones in the background is typical of Yeats's work, as is the symbolic way in which a path trails off suggestively into the distance. The painting coincides with the death of several members of Yeats's family. However, through the employment of a colourful palette, and energetic brushwork, Yeats enlivens a sombre setting.
1945, Jack B. Yeats, No Flowers -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Remembrance is a motif that recurs in Yeats's work. In this painting, an elderly man visits a cemetery. He has no flowers, so, bending forward, places leaves upon one of the freshly covered graves as a token. The economic description of the headstones in the background is typical of Yeats's work, as is the symbolic way in which a path trails off suggestively into the distance. The painting coincides with the death of several members of Yeats's family. However, through the employment of a colourful palette, and energetic brushwork, Yeats enlivens a sombre setting.