David Bates
Biography
David Bates was a Midlands landscape artist who painted in and around Birmingham and Worcester. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1872, also exhibiting at Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery.
Bates’ style and subjects were similar to that of other members of the Birmingham School such as Joseph Thors and S.H. Baker. He also made small oil sketches of hedges and plants, which were usually inscribed on the reverse. The artist’s works display considerable technical virtuosity, ranging from the serene landscape, to the uneven swagger of his later works, which were noticeably more colourful.
Although Bates was more than capable of producing refined landscapes, he was equably as capable of painting detailed and well-balanced figures. His landscapes at their best are full, lush and always distinctive. All display his love for open air painting, particularly in his treatment of rivers, trees, foliage and not forgetting his figures.
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