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David Bates

David Bates (Born 1952) is active/lives in Texas.  David Bates is 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.

Of his work, it was written: "A natural storyteller influenced by his Texas upbringing and affection for family and longtime friends, Bates uses dark outlines, simplified forms, and heavy impastos in compositions that appear at once almost naive and highly sophisticated." (Dreisbach 9)

He spent his childhood in Garland, Texas, where his mother encouraged his art talent.  His father took him hunting and fishing, and he often in   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2656 characters.]  Artist bio

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