David Bates
DAVID MICHAEL BATES (American, b. 1952) The Texas Queen, 1982 Oil on canvas 90 x 67 inches (228.6 x 170.2 cm) Signed...
Auction amount: $221,000
Sold: May 30, 2015
David Bates
Art
Nationality: American
Birth Place: Dallas
Biography:
David Bates is a contemporary Dallas-based artist who draws inspiration from the physical landscape and cultural identity of the South, in particular the Grassy Lakes region of Arkansas and the Texas Gulf Coast. Bates’s work combines the aesthetics of European and American modernists with folk art conventions, and he revived figurative and narrative painting starting in the 1970s and 1980s when Pop Art, and Abstract Expressionism, performance art, and post-studio work was the norm. Since then, Bates’s work has told the stories of the South, one of his most notable series being a depiction of the cultural and physical effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and its people. This multi-faceted artist works in many mediums including painting, hand-painted bronzes, free standing sculptures, and low wall reliefs.
Bates’s work is internationally known, and he has exhibited in major museums including the Austin Museum of Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the Whitney Museum Biennial. Bates received his MFA and BFA from Southern Methodist University.
David Bates Original Art Values Sold at Auction
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DAVID MICHAEL BATES (American, b. 1952) The Texas Queen, 1982 Oil on canvas 90 x 67 inches (228.6 x 170.2 cm) Signed... Lot 70194 Auction 5215 Saturday, May 30, 2015 |
$221,000 |
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DAVID BATES (American, b. 1952) The Blue Heron, 1985 Oil on canvas 72 x 60 inches (182.9 x 152.4 cm) Signed lower ri... Lot 76056 Auction 5180 Saturday, October 18, 2014 |
$106,250 |
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DAVID BATES (American, b. 1952) Barbeque, 1982 Oil on canvas 96 x 76 inches (243.8 x 193.0 cm) Signed lower right: ... Lot 72033 Auction 5083 Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
$77,675.00 |
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David Bates (American, b. 1952) The Juggler Wood, metal, and canvas 48 x 14 x 13 inches (121.9 x 35.6 x 33.0 cm) Sig... Lot 75013 Auction 5380 Saturday, November 10, 2018 |
$6,875.00 |
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David Bates (b. 1952) Lake Texoma, 1991 Oil on panel 24 x 48 inches (61.0 x 121.9 cm) Signed lower left: Bates ... (Total: 2 Items) Lot 77101 Auction 5357 Thursday, May 24, 2018 |
$62,500.00 |
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