Nicholas Lyons, Lord Mayor of London, chooses a dramatic and expressive post-war image.
The Lord Mayor on his choice of Men of Destiny by Jack B. Yeats
‘Men of Destiny was painted in 1946, after the upheaval of a civil war and two World Wars. It is a brilliant example of the expressive, figurative style that epitomised the second, distinctive, phase of Jack’s creative life. The thickly applied paint in vibrant colours is mesmerising. The painting speaks of the…
