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David Bates b.1840 Figurative Paintings

British, 1840-1921
David Bates was an English landscape artist who painted in oils and watercolour. He was born in Cambridge, and from 1855 worked as a porcelain painter at the Royal Worcester porcelain works in Worcester - where he came to specialise in painting flowers. He left his employment there in 1880 to become a full-time professional painter. Bates was an "open-air" rural landscape artist, painting in the Midlands, Scotland and Wales, and abroad in Switzerland and Egypt. His work shows the influence of Benjamin Williams Leader, Joseph Thors and Samuel Henry Baker, and Bates is associated in style with the Birmingham School of artists. Bates exhibited many works at the Royal Academy, Grosvenor Gallery, Royal Society of British Artists and the New Watercolour Society in London, and at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. His works are currently on display in Liverpool museum, Worcester City Museum, and several other art galleries.
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Artist: David Bates b.1840
19th Century North African river landscape oil painting of a man using a Shadoof
19th Century North African river landscape oil painting of a man using a Shadoof

19th Century North African river landscape oil painting of a man using a Shadoof

By David Bates b.1840

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

David Bates British, (1840-1921) The Shadoof Oil on canvas, signed, further inscribed verso Image size: 19.75 inches x 29.75 inches Size including fram...

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19th Century Victorian David Bates b.1840 Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Worcestershire landscape oil painting of a plough team
Early 20th Century Worcestershire landscape oil painting of a plough team

Early 20th Century Worcestershire landscape oil painting of a plough team

By David Bates b.1840

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

David Bates British, (1840-1921) The Plough Team, Bredon’s Norton Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1908, further inscribed verso Image size: 15.5 inches x 23.5 inches Size including frame: 21.5 inches x 29.5 inches A lovely landscape painting of a plough team on a country track near Bredon’s Norton by David Bates. Bredon’s Norton is a village located in the Cotswolds, on the slopes of Bredon Hill in South Worcestershire. The America women’s rights activist Victoria Woodhull Martin moved to the village in 1901 and by 1908 had set up an agricultural school for women at her Norton’s Park estate. The Antarctic explore Raymond Priestley also lived there. Although Bates was living in Surrey at the time of this painting, he would have been familiar with the area after having lived and worked in Worcestershire for some considerable time. He would have also most likely been aware of Victoria Woodhull Martin and the school. David Bates was born in March, Cambridge in 1840 to Benjamin Bates a shoe maker and Sarah Bates. By 1851, the family had moved to Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire and from 1855 Bates became an apprentice at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works in Worcester. There he developed his artistic talent, painting flower decorations onto vases and plates. At some point after 1861, he became a full time artist and made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1863, continuing to exhibit there until 1893. He also exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery. He married Elizabeth Higgs from Worcester in 1867 and they lived at Cherry Orchard, Bath Road in Worcester where their children were later born. Their second child John Bates Noel (1870-1927) became a landscape artist and their younger son David Samuel...

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Early 20th Century David Bates b.1840 Figurative Paintings

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19th Century Welsh landscape oil painting of figures by the River Glaslyn
19th Century Welsh landscape oil painting of figures by the River Glaslyn

19th Century Welsh landscape oil painting of figures by the River Glaslyn

By David Bates b.1840

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

David Bates British, (1840-1921) Early Morning on the Glaslyn Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1895, further inscribed verso Image size: 23.25 inches x 35.25 inches Size including fra...

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19th Century David Bates b.1840 Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Loading the Crop
Loading the Crop

Loading the Crop

By David Bates b.1840

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 30 inches Signed and dated ' 1902' lower left

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19th Century David Bates b.1840 Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gathering Heather Stalks

Gathering Heather Stalks

By David Bates b.1840

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Watercolour on paper Paper size: 10 x 14 inches Signed lower right

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19th Century David Bates b.1840 Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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