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John Butler Yeats , Irish, 1839-1922

Title

Portrait of George Moore (1852-1933), Novelist

Date1905

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions

77 x 64 cm

Signedupper right: J B Yeats 1905

Credit LinePresented, Mr C. Sullivan, in memory of Mr J. Quinn, 1926

Object numberNGI.873

ProvenanceJohn Quinn; presented, Mr C. Sullivan, in memory of Mr J. Quinn, 1926 Exhibition HistoryIerse Schilders der 19e en 20e eeuw, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1951

W. B. Yeats: a Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1965

John Butler Yeats and the Irish Renaissance, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1972

Aspects of Irish Art, a Loan Exhibition; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, 27 January - 3 March 1974; Toledo Museum of Arts, Toledo, Ohio, 17 March - 14 April 1974; St Louis Art Museum, St Louis, Missouri, 3 May - 9 June 1974

The Abbey Theatre 1904-1979, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; Fine Art Society, London, 1979-1980

Ireland's Literary Renaissance: 20th Century Portraits, Chicago, 1980
Label TextGeorge Moore, writer and art critic, studied art in Paris in the 1870s. He was friendly with many of the leading French artists and writers of the day including Emile Zola and Edouard Manet. In 1899, Moore was involved with W.B. Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory and Edward Martyn in establishing the Irish Literary Theatre. In 1901 he moved to Dublin with the aspiration of creating a truly Irish literature. He wrote a series of stories for translation into Irish, published as An tÚr Ghort in 1902. John Butler Yeats described Moore as ‘the most stimulating mind I ever met’.