The Riverside (Long Ago) (1923)
The Riverside (Long Ago) (1923)
The Riverside (Long Ago) (1923)
FINE ART : PAINTINGS
Title
The Riverside (Long Ago) (1923)
Object Name
Painting
Maker
Yeats, Jack Butler 1871-1957 (Primary maker)
Yeats, Jack Butler 1871-1957 (artist)
Yeats, Jack Butler 1871-1957 (artist)
Date Made
1923
1923
1922
1923
1922
Description
Born in London, Jack Yeats was the youngest child of the painter John Yeats and brother of the poet W.B.Yeats. As a boy he spent long periods with his grandparents in Sligo and developed a deep respect for the folk traditions and sea-faring heritage of the west of Ireland. When The Riverside (Long Ago) was exhibited in Dublin in 1922 the Edwardian costumes and muted colours evoked a sense of nostalgia for the recent past. The Riverside was an area of Sligo Town, on the banks of the Garavogue River, where boats could be hired to visit Lough Gill. The couple who are about to embark seem caught in a mood of private reverie, their urban clothes setting them apart from the old man who draws in the boat. Many of Yeats’s paintings are based on memories of his Sligo childhood, re-interpreted to illustrate universal themes of human experience.
Materials
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BELUM.U428
Copyright
© Estate of Jack B Yeats. All rights reserved, DACS 2017.