David Bates (American artist)

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David Michael Bates (born 1952) is an American artist. He is based in Dallas and is known for his Texas-themed paintings, prints, and sculptures.^[1]

Biography

David Michael Bates was born in 1952 in Dallas, Texas.^[1] He received a BFA degree in 1975 from Southern Methodist University, and an MFA degree in 1978 from the same institution.^[2][3]

He is best known for his paintings of the Grassy Lakes region of Faulkner County, Arkansas, and the Gulf Coast.^[3] He also produces hand-painted sculptures in bronzes, aluminum, and wood.^[4] Whether painting on canvas or on his sculptures, Bates's work is characterized by bold, thick, lush brush strokes.^[4] Butchering the Hog, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates the artist's use of bold broad brush strokes, in a way that is reminiscent of Naïve art.

Public collections holding works by Bates include the

• Arthur, John, David Bates, 1992, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, 1992
• Auping, Michael, David Bates: Southern Coast, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 2017
• Avery, Iustinus Tim, David Bates, Cel Publishing, 2011
  ISBN 9786137130810
• Bates, David, Southern Coast, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 2017
  ISBN 9789112119794
• Conrad, Barnaby III, David Bates: The Tropics, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 2008
• Cozad, Rachel, David Bates. Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Talley Dunn Publications, Dallas, TX, 2012
• Little, Carl, David Bates: Paintings and Drawings, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY, 2004
• Little, Carl, David Bates: The Katrina Paintings, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010,
  ISBN 9781891246203
• Nash, Steven, David Bates, 1995: Sculpture, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, 1995
• Oliver-Smith, Kerry, The Swamp: On the Edge of Eden, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 2000
• Serwer, Jacquelyn Days, Art Meets Life: The New Work of David Bates, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY, 2006
  ISBN 9780977496525
• Spring, Justin, David Bates, DC Moore Gallery, New York, 1999
• Spring, Justin, David Bates, Scala for Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2008
  ISBN 9781857594980
• Van Keuren, Philip, David Bates: Black & White, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX, 2001
• Van Keuren, Philip, David Bates: Poems, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX, 2003
• Walker, Anne Macdonald (1984). Paravent; Extending the Range of Expression. David Bates, Deborah Oropallo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Markus Lüpertz, Roy De Forest, Salome, Irene Pijoan, Robert Dix, Elvira Bach, Ed Ruscha. San Francisco, CA: Artspace.
• Wei, Lilly, David Bates, DC Moore Gallery, New York, 2001

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