FranceFred Yates was a late beginner. In his mid-twenties he knew he wanted to become a art teacher. He enrolled in Bournemouth College of Art.
In 1950 he won a travelling scholarship and spent six months in Italy. On his return to Bournemouth he took up his profession as a teacher there and later in Brighton for the next 12 years.
During the WWII Yates served in the Grenadier Guards; in 1945 he returned to Manchester, where he started working as a house painter and decorator while producing easel paintings as a spare-time occupation.
Yates was 47 when he finally decided to start painting full-time. From the very beginning his work was marked by lush, vibrant colours and his style was quite distinctive.
He moved permanently to France in 1997. He died of a heart attack in 2008.
Beach Party
A Woman and a Dog in the Woods
La Provence
Cap Ferrat
Church in the Woods
French Pearlies
Falmouth
French River
La Toscane
Eze-Sur-Mer, Provence
Large Flowers
L'Impression Suite
Oasis
None of Us Were Handsome
Park River
My Garden
Flowers in Pink Vase
Flower Garden
Railway Bridge
Walking Up To The Mountains
Working Women Club
The Clairvoyant
Hidden Lake, Somerset
A Northern Back Yard, Leeds
Platform 1, Sutton Station
Marseille, Small Beach
A Typical Back Street Garden (My Family in Ancoats)
Afternoon Walk
A Village Square
A Winter's Street
Antique Shop on the Corner
At the Height of Summer
Bradford at the Weir
Porthleven Prom
Rench Pearlies
River Cascades (Provence)
Still Life Flowers
The Artist's Garden
The Bed Sit
The Table Garden
Town Square
Village Bridge
Crowd
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