David Bates

b. 1952

DAVID BATES

BORN IN

Dallas, Texas

KNOWN FOR

Mod-naive genre painting, sculptor

Born in Dallas, Texas, David Bates became a noted realistic figure and narrative painter at a time when Abstract Expressionism was all-prevailing.  However, he has been influenced by modernism including the painting of Vincent Van Gogh, German Expressionism and American Expressionist, Marsden Hartley.  He later added abstract sculpture to his pursuits, working in painted wood and painted bronze.  Many of his paintings are large scale, a size with which he is comfortable because he is six-feet three inches tall.

Sold At Lone Star Art Auction

Bates, David-Cannas Still Life-1-3
DAVID BATES
(b. 1952)

Cannas Still Life

, 1994
oil on aluminum, double-sided
51 x 29.25 x 23.5 inches
Sold for: $162,000
Bates, David-Rosco 6-6-1-3
DAVID BATES
(b. 1952)

Rosco

, 1986-1987
bronze with polychrome, unique, 6/6
25.5 x 10.5 x 8 inches
Sold for: $54,000