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3 giorni fa · The Liffey Swim, 1923 by Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957), Oil on Canvas | National Gallery of Ireland Source. It turns out that in 1924, you could win an Olympic Medal for art — in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.
4 giorni fa · Yeats was working through his feelings about the revolutionary movement in this poem, and the insistent refrain that "a terrible beauty is born" turned out to be prescient, as the execution of the leaders of the Easter Rising had the opposite effect to that intended.
1 giorno fa · Art competitions were held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes. The Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats (brother of W.B Yeats) won the silver medal for his painting the “Liffey swim”.
1 giorno fa · Jack Butler Yeats won a silver medal for his painting The Liffey Swim and Oliver St John Gogarty was awarded a bronze medal for his poem Tailteann Ode which he described years later as being ...
4 giorni fa · Jack B Yeats launched A Broadside as A Broad Sheet a few years before Cuala Press revived it under the new title. It ran over three series as a monthly publication. Each issue was limited to 300 copies, with illustrations by Yeats and others, and contributions by various authors and poets of the time.
4 giorni fa · Ireland’s first Olympic medals were secured at the 1924 Paris Games for painting and literature: Jack Butler Yeats won silver for his painting The Liffey Swim and Oliver St John Gogarty won ...
4 giorni fa · Here is a summary and critical analysis of 'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats, looking line by line at what this poem is about and why.
