BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

EXHIBITION by MAXWELL BATES

Vancouver Art Gallery April 29th to May 18th, 1947

       "Maxwell Bates exhibited at a representative show of Canadian Painting at the National Gallery at Ottawa and at the Art Centre, New York, before going to England in 1937.
       In 1932 he was one of three painters who held a joint exhibition at the Bloomsbury Gallery in London. The Wertheim Gallery in Manchester gave him a one-man show in 1934. From 1931-39 he was represented in the mixed shows at the Wertheim Gallery, London, and during this period his pictures were shown at other London Galleries, among them the Storran and Redfern and at the Royal Academy, Artists' International, etc.
       In 1938 he held a large one-man show at the Wertheim Gallery, London. Over sixty paintings by the artist have been acquired for the Wertheim Collection.
       Pictures by Maxwell Bates have been included in exhibitions touring the public galleries of England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand."

OILS
1 Odalisque $90
2 Gravel Pit 90
3 Music Lesson 80
4 Houses in Winter 90
5 Calgary Buildings 80
6 Red Woman 100
7 Man With a Pipe 90
8 Barn 90
9 Girls on the Seashore 100
10 White House 60
11 Yellow Hat 80
12 Western Hills 40
13 Chinese Laundry 60
14 Foothills and Mountains 40
15 Ontario Houses 50
16 Two Girls at a Table 80
17 Chopanov - A Servian Prisoner of War 60
18 Bavaria - April 1945 100
19 Woman Reclining 50
20 Seated Man 70
21 Younge St., Toronto 40
22 Farmhouse 100

WATERCOLOURS
23 Miners $40
24 Ukrainian Women 40
25 Dream 40
26 Cafe 40
27 Violinist 35
28 Young Girl 25
29 Church, Chicago 25
30 Mother and Son 35
31 Self Portrait -
32 Beer Drinkers 40
33 Paris, Place de la Bastille 40
34 The Front, Knocke 40


Editor's note: Artist Jessie Faunt purchased number 30, Mother and Son.

Exhibition & purchase information provided courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery Library.

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