Marjorie Christine Bates R.A. (1882–1962) was born in
Kings Newton, near
Melbourne, Derbyshire. She was a painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy
[''Royal Academy exhibitors, 1905-70: a dictionary of artists and their work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts. Vol. 1: A-Car''. East Ardsley, Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1973. – .] in London and Paris and achieved a moderate living from her paintings.
Biography
Bates was the daughter of George and Emily Bates who had made money from the sale of mosquito netting.
[Bates at Panventu.com]
accessed 29 December 2007 Her family moved to
Wilford in Nottinghamshire where she attended the
Nottingham School of Art
Founded in 1843, the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom.
History
In 1836, the Government Select committee (United Kingdom), Select Committee on Art and Manufactures produced a repor ...
. She was a distant relative of both
Laura Knight and
Harold Gresley. She died in 1962.
References
External links
Example prints* Johnson, J.: British artists, 1880–1940. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1976. – . – (Dictionary of British Art; vol. 5)
* Waters, G.M.: Dictionary of British artists working 1900–1950. Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975.
* Benezit, E.: Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Nouvelle edition ...
ditorial direction J. Busse. T. 1: Aa-Beduschi. Paris: Grund, 1999. – .
1880s births
1962 deaths
20th-century English painters
20th-century English women artists
English women painters
People from King's Newton
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