Marjorie Bates

Marjorie Bates

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[1] 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.[2] Her family moved to Wilford in Nottinghamshire where she attended the Nottingham School of Art. She was a distant relative of both Laura Knight and Harold Gresley. She died in 1962.

References

  1. 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. – ISBN 0-85409-818-6.
  2. Bates at Panventu.com accessed 29 December 2007

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