David Bates (1840-1921) - Figures in a Hayfield with Storm Gathering. Watercolour.

A fine David Bates (1840-1921) watercolour depicting figures in a hayfield with a storm gathering.

David Bates was an English landscape artist who painted in oils and watercolour.

Bates was born in Cambridge and from 1855 worked as a porcelain painter at the Royal Worcestershire 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 Art Gallery & Museum, and several other art galleries.

This work remains in a very good condition and is housed within a gilt glazed frame. There is a small amount of water damage to the base of the mount (please see photographs) but this has not affected the work itself.

Dimensions (framed):-

Width: 53cm

Height: 44.5cm

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