On March 29 1957 the Belfast Newsletter, amongst most of the other Irish newspapers in our collection, ran with the news of the death of the celebrated Irish painter, Jack B. Yeats. A brother o the celebrated poet, William Butler Yeats, his obituary highlighted his numerous achievements. Here the Belfast Newsletter gave an overview of his career: 

MR. JACK YEATS: Noted Irish painter
Mr. Jack Yeats, the painter, died in Dublin last night. He was born in Sligo in the late 1860s, a son of JB. Yeats, who was also a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a brother of W. B. Yeats, the poet and writer. For a period about 1905 Jack Yeats worked in co-operation with John Masefield, afterwards poet laureate. He began experiments in colour in the 1920s, and his fame eventually spread to collectors of modern art. Works of Jack Butler Yeats are hung in Dublin's Municipal Gallery, in other Irish galleries, and also in the Tate Gallery, London, the City of Birmingham Gallery, a number of United States galleries, and in art collections in other countries. His loan exhibition of 80 paintings to the Tate Gallery soon after the war aroused considerable interest. Yeats's work. has been described as consisting, in part, of a colourful and vigorous romanticism. He also published a number of books, including "The Careless Flower,'' "Life in the West Indies," "Sligo," and some plays. He was an honorary LL.D. of Dublin University and an honorary D.Litt. of the National University of Ireland. He lived In Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, and once lived in Devon, where he had as a frequent visitor J. M. Synge, the playwright. His wife died in Dublin in 1947. 

For more information on Jack B. Yeats see the pages of the Irish Newspaper Archive (www.irishnewsarchive.com )