Irish art Evie Hone worked in stained glass. Portraitists have included Daniel Maclise, John Lavery, William Orpen (both these War Artists in WWI), John Butler Yeats (father of Jack and William Butler), and Henry Jones Thaddeus. Apart from Francis Bacon, who left Ireland as a young man, the best-known 20th-century Irish artist was Jack Yeats, brother of the poet, also with an individual style that is hard to classify. The art of Seán Keating was poised between Social Realism and Romanticism, and addressed public and political themes in an emerging nation. Irish Modernism began with Mainie Jellett, with later participants being The
William Huggins (animal artist) William Huggins (animal artist) "Not to be confused with maritime artist William John Huggins (1781-1845)." William Huggins (May 1820 – 25 February 1884) was an English artist, from Liverpool, who specialised in drawing animals. Huggins was a member of the Liverpool Academy of Arts. He enjoyed visiting Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie, an animal circus, and the Liverpool Zoological Gardens. Huggins has been compared to fellow Liverpool artist George Stubbs and is known for keeping his house full of pets. William Huggins was born in Liverpool. His parents were called Samuel and Elizabeth. He received his first instruction in drawing at the