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ANTIQUE #SA1071435

Welsh Landscape Oil Painting Of Figures At A Watermill Near Llanbedr By David Bates

£3,200    $4,054    €3,861
David Bates
 
British, (1840-1921)
 
Near Llandbedr
 
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1894, further inscribed in pencil verso
 
Image size: 17.75 inches x 23.75 inches
 
Size including frame: 24.75 inches x 30.75 inches
 
A picturesque landscape painting by David Bates of figures at a watermill near Llanbedr, Wales. Two figures are depicted outside the entrance to a watermill whilst others are shown having stopped by some cottages further along. Beyond the village can be seen the high peak of a hill and in the far distance to the left lies a mountain range. The mill was most likely used to spin and weave wool, one of many small cottage industry watermills that were built in remote areas across Wales.
 
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 became an art agent. Around 1879 he moved to nearby Great Malvern living at Hollymount Cottage in St Ann’s Road and then at Sydenham Villa, Newtown Road. By 1891, the family had moved to Birmingham where they lived at 158 Pershore Road in Edgbaston and later Chantry Road, in Kings Norton. Sometime after 1901, he relocated to Surrey where he lived at Blandford House, Teddington. He died on 21 February 1921 at Teddington a...
Antique #SA1071435, shown on this page, originates from 1890. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1890
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