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Frederic Yates (1854–1919) was an English painter. He painted landscapes and portraits including President
In 1890 Frederic and Emily moved to Kent where their daughter Mary was born the following year. The three of them went to America to see Mary's grandparents. Whilst he was in Hawaii Yates painted the Hawaiian President Dole. They visited both China and Japan over the next few years.
Frederic made the acquaintance of the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire who became his patron and introduced him to London society. Yates was active in San Francisco until 1900, when he returned to England. Yates had a commission to paint the educationalist Charlotte Mason in the Lake District and he decided to bring his daughter up there. They lived at "Cote How" near Grasmere until 1906. During this period he painted the educator
, Armitt Library, retrieved 13 July 2014 The
Frederic Yates (1854–1919) was an English painter. He painted landscapes and portraits including President Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...
and Sanford Ballard Dole
Sanford Ballard Dole (April 23, 1844 – June 9, 1926) was a lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands. He lived through the periods when Hawaii was a kingdom, protectorate, republic, and territory. A descendant of the American missionary ...
, the only president of Hawaii. He settled in the Lake District.
Life
Frederic Keeping was born in Southampton in 1854 and his family soon moved to Liverpool, before moving to America. For some reason the family changed their name from Keeping to Yates. He studied painting in the Paris ateliers ofLéon Bonnat
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Early life
Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in M ...
, Gustave Boulanger
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – 22 September 1888) was a French figurative painter and academic artist and teacher known for his Classical and Orientalist subjects.
Education and career The Néo-Grecs and the Prix de Rom ...
, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Jules Joseph Lefebvre (; 14 March 183624 February 1911) was a French figure painter, educator and theorist.
Early life
Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1836. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Bea ...
. In 1886, he moved to San Francisco where his family had settled a few years earlier. He married Emily, an American, in 1887. In San Francisco, he became a popular portraitist and taught at the newly formed Art Students League of San Francisco.
In 1890 Frederic and Emily moved to Kent where their daughter Mary was born the following year. The three of them went to America to see Mary's grandparents. Whilst he was in Hawaii Yates painted the Hawaiian President Dole. They visited both China and Japan over the next few years.
Frederic made the acquaintance of the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire who became his patron and introduced him to London society. Yates was active in San Francisco until 1900, when he returned to England. Yates had a commission to paint the educationalist Charlotte Mason in the Lake District and he decided to bring his daughter up there. They lived at "Cote How" near Grasmere until 1906. During this period he painted the educator John Haden Badley
John Haden Badley (21 February 1865 – 6 March 1967) was an English author, educator, and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become the first coeducational public boarding school in England in 1893.
Life
Born in Dudley, Worces ...
. He was invited to America to attend the inauguration of United States
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President Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...
and to paint his portrait. According to Armitt Library, Yates was given the flag that Woodrow Wilson rested his hand on whilst taking his oath of office. He died in 1919.Frederick Yates, Armitt Library, retrieved 13 July 2014 The
Honolulu Museum of Art
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and the National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it ...
are among the public collections holding work by Frederic Yates. There are 21 paintings in public collections in the United Kingdom.
References
;Notes ;Sources * Hjalmarson, Birgitta, ''Artful players, artistic life in early San Francisco'', Los Angeles, Balcony Press, 1999. * Hughes, Edan Milton, ''Artists in California, 1786-1940'', San Francisco, CA, Hughes Pub. Co., 1986. * Johnson, Jane, and A. Greutzner, ''The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940'', Woodbridge, UK, Antique Collectors' Club, 1980. * Waters, Grant M., ''Dictionary of British Artists, Working 1900-1950'', Eastbourne, Sussex, Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Frederic 1854 births 1919 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters People from Grasmere (village) 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists