Fred Yates
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century British Paintings
Masonite
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
People Also Browsed
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Chairs
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1960s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Burlap, Oil
Late 20th Century English Modern Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Oil Pastel
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Vintage 1980s British Posters
Paper
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Wool
Recent Sales
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1990s English Paintings
Paint
20th Century British Paintings
Masonite
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil
1990s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Board, Oil
1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Paintings
Board
Fred Yates for sale on 1stDibs
Fred Yates was born in Urmston, a suburb of Manchester, England. He began his working life as an insurance clerk but his career was cut short by the Second World War, during which he served in the Grenadier Guards. After the war, Yates returned to Manchester, where he worked as a painter and decorator. It was whilst working in Manchester that he began oil painting. Untutored, he painted pictures of the rich Industrial architecture of Manchester in a style similar to L S Lowry. He subsequently enrolled on a teacher training course at Bournemouth College of Art and taught for 20 years. In 1969, he moved to Cornwall to enable him to devote all his energy to painting. He painted almost exclusively en plein air, scenes of local village life, clifftop and beach scenes. His style gradually became freer and from an earthy, close-toned palette, he started to experiment with lush vibrant colors, thick paint often squeezed straight from the tube, and unmistakable stylized figures. He led a Spartan lifestyle, entirely driven by his art. In the early 1990s, he moved to France to a small village called Rancon, Haute-Vienne, where he painted local scenes. In his later years, he purchased a house in Drome, Rhône-Alpes, where the light and air were more suited to a man in his 1980s. Despite his advanced age, he continued to paint regularly and travel widely. Yates has works in public collections including Brighton and Hove Art Gallery, University of Liverpool , the University of Warwick, Torquay Art Gallery, Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum and works in private collections in France, UK, Canada and the USA. Yates died in England in July 2008.