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 Conway (Irish republican) William Conway (Irish republican) William Conway (1902-1979) was born in Ballycrenode in 1902, Co Tipperary. Son of Timothy and Anastasia Conway and brother to 6 siblings, 5 brothers and 1 sister. Mr William Conway was a member of the Irish Republican Army and among the founders of the Young Ireland Hurling Club. His father was a farmer. William Conway joined the IRA as a member of the North Tipperary IRA from 1917 to 1919. He came to Dublin and worked as a barman with his brother James near Lower Mount Street where they rented a place. Once in Dublin, he