Fred Yates Artist - Impasto Painter & Friend
Fred Yates Paintings for Sale
Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Going for a Walk
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Unsigned
Dimensions visible without frame: 49.5cm x 64cm
Dimensions with frame: 70cm x 84.5cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: La Motte Pommerole
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed: Lower Left
Provenance: From the Artists Estate
Dimensions with frame: 60cm x 69cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Black & White Play
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signed lower right
Provenance: Artists Estate
Dimensions visible without frame: 38cm x 46cm
Dimensions with frame: 55.5cm x 63cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Roman Bridge at Nyons
Medium: Oil on Canvasboard
Signed lower left
Provenance: Artists Estate
Literature: To be found in the book on Fred Yates’ French Period - “C’est Votre Passion Monsieur” on page 83 lower part. John Martin / Francis Mallet – Published by White Lane Press 2007
Dimensions visible without frame: 33cm x 23.5cm
Dimensions with frame: 43.5cm x 34.5cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Tintern Bridge
Medium: Oil on Board
Signed lower right
Dimensions visible without frame: 38cm x 27cm
Dimensions with frame: 52cm x 41cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: The Old Mill at Lower Slaughter
Medium: Oil on Board
Signed lower right
Dimensions visible without frame: 75.5cm x 67.5cm
Dimensions with frame: 82.5cm x 74cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Ref: 059FY
Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Private Function
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions visible without frame: 59.5cm x 59.5cm
Dimensions with frame: 70cm x 70cm
Framed and ready to hang
Provenance: Artists Estate
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Traction Engine
Medium: Oil on Board
Signed lower right
Dimensions visible without frame: 48cm x 56cm
Dimensions with frame: 56cm x 64cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Old Mill
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions visible without frame: 51cm x 23cm
Dimensions with frame: 59.5cm x 31.5cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: La Terrasse
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signed: Lower Left
Dimensions visible without frame: 100cm x 100cm
Dimensions with frame: 113cm x 113 cm
Framed and ready to hang, in Artist’s painted frame
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Cornish Cottage
Medium: Oil on Board
Signed lower left
Dimensions visible without frame: 51cm x 61cm
Dimensions with frame: 58cm x 68cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: A Bit of Fun
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Indistinct Signature
Provenance: Bonhams 3rd December 2014 - Lot 203
Dimensions visible without frame: 75cm x 55cm
Dimensions with frame: 92.5cm x 72cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Fred’s Flowers
Medium: Oil on Board
Signed lower left
Provenance: Direct from Artist to Private Collection
Dimensions visible without frame: 39cm x 32cm
Dimensions with frame: 46.5cm x 39cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Begonias and Artichokes
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed: Lower right on the fold
Dimensions visible without frame: 101.6cm x 81.3cm
Dimensions with frame: 103.5cm x 84.5cm
Framed and ready to hang
Provenance: With John Martin Gallery, London label verso, from The Estate of the Artist
Literature: ‘Fred Yates, His Own Little World’ A Memorial Exhibition of the work of Fred Yates, 2009, pg. 46-47
Exhibited: Fred Yates, His Own Little World; John Martin Gallery, London 2009
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Mountain Wood
Medium: Oil on canvas under glass
Signed: Lower right
Dimensions visible without frame: 55cm x 45cm
Dimensions with frame: 64cm x 55cm
Framed and ready to hang
Provenance: With John Martin Gallery, London label verso, from The Estate of the Artist
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Stormy Inlet
Medium: Oil on board
Provenance: unsigned, provenance from the artists estate
Exhibited: John Martin Gallery, Fred Yates - Crossing the Tamar Exhibition - 21 September - 8 October 2011
Literature: John Martin Gallery - Crossing the Tamar, pg 7
Dimensions visible without frame: 62cm x 37cm
Dimensions with frame: 75.5cm x 51cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Boats Anchored at the Shore
Medium: Oil on board
Signed: signed and dated 67 (lower left)
Dimensions visible without frame: 46cm x 69cm
Dimensions with frame: 56cm x 79cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: A House in Provence
Medium: Oil on Board
Signed: Lower right
Dimensions visible without frame: 58cm x 40cm
Dimensions with frame: TBC
Framed and ready to hang
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Provenance: Artists Estate
Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Coastal Rocks
Medium: Oil on Board
Signed: Lower left
Dimensions visible without frame: 22.5cm x 20.5cm
Dimensions with frame: 27.5cm x 26cm
Framed and ready to hang
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Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Town with Mountains Beyond
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions visible without frame: 35cm x 26cm
Dimensions with frame: 38cm x 28.5cm
Framed and ready to hang
Provenance: Unsigned and direct from the Estate of the Artist
4% Artists Resale Rights (ARR) will be applied at the checkout.
Fred Yates Artist and Friend (1922-2008) pictured above with Madge Rastall - early 1970’s
To celebrate his life and works, we at Rastall Art are showcasing some of his fabulous art, in our Fred Yates Gallery we have classic oil paintings, pen and ink drawing and some wonderful early art.
Fred Yates - Art and Life
Fred Yates was an English artist from Urmston, Lancashire. He is known for his heavy impasto British Naïve painting style and for his love of painting the lives of ordinary people going about their daily business.
Having lost his twin brother at Arnhem in 1944 Fred was a shy and gentle man who kept a private lifestyle, however Fred would paint ‘en plein air’ and was happy to chat to onlookers and admirers of his work.
After his time in the Grenadier Guards and an unhappy time working in insurance, Fred gained a place at Bournemouth Teacher Training College where he received his formal art training.
Later Fred went on to teach painting in Devon and the south coast, but this was never really where his heart lay, Fred Yates was a artist, not a teacher. In 1968 he decided to quit teaching and paint full-time. Moving to Cornwall, Fred is known for his wonderful cove & harbour paintings as well as his Cornish cottage and woodland walk scenes.
His shy personality sat well with his desire for a solitary lifestyle, often living in very simply furnished houses both in the UK and France. His first solo show was at the Reynolds Gallery, Plymouth in 1976 but later grew links with Thompson’s Gallery in London and the John Martin Gallery. Whilst London Galleries were influential in Fred Yates artistic later life, the support from The New Street Gallery in Plymouth, Avalon Art in Marazion and Courcoux Contemporary helped grow Fred’s grass roots support from collectors in the earlier years.
Eventually France beckoned and Fred moved several times living in old mills and village cottages. As a artist Fred Yates would capture the local scenes & people and then move house to enjoy and paint new light and new landscapes. His painting matured, and Yates was maybe more experimental, freer and daring as an older artist, and unlike the early days, he could afford good paints and plenty of them! Fred Yates was known to paint quickly and often applied paint thickly from the tube, directly to the canvas (early Northern & Cornish works are usually on board), knives, brushes or just fingers were all used to create textures.
Fred was returning to the UK to settle in Frome in his final years but sadly passed away on that journey home (2008).
Fred Yates is buried in Marazion in Cornwall overlooking his beloved St Michael’s Mount.
If you are interested in learning more about Fred Yates and his developing painting styles, why not read our blog Fred Yates: Two Paintings, One Life
Fred was always welcome at the Rastall’s house, with regular overnight stays and roast dinners.
Fred painted me fishing as a boy in Tintern over 40 years ago. I still have the fishing rod but not the red jumper!
Fred Yates Blogs
Embark on a journey through the brushstrokes of British Artist Fred Yates, whose paintings are a heartfelt expression of his emotions and experiences. In this blog, I delve into the intriguing question: Can we truly grasp the changes in Fred's life by analyzing just two of his mesmerizing artworks?
Fred's early life, shaped by a strict upbringing and the profound loss of his twin brother, fostered his introspective and contemplative nature. However, it was when he broke free from the confines of full-time teaching that the exuberant, playful side of Fred burst forth onto the canvas.
Our private collection proudly showcases 'The Crowd' from 1973 and 'Celebration' from the mid-2000s, nestled side by side, inviting us to witness the remarkable evolution of Fred Yates as both an artist and a man. We consider the emotions woven within these two unique masterpieces and explore the vibrant tapestry of Fred's life and artistic career.
Much has been written about the artist Frederick Joseph Yates (b1922 – d2008) and thankfully as interest continues to build about this fascinating British painter’s life, more is added. So let me add a small chapter about the connection Fred has had with four generations of the Rastall family.
It starts in Bournemouth where a young Fred Yates was welcomed by my great grandmother Nelly Rastall as a paying lodger, renting a room in her big house in Purbeck Road, Bournemouth, not far from the pier. This must have been after the war around 1946 when Fred signed up for an art teacher training course.
Like struggling actors, artists need to keep an income coming in during the early years of a painting career. This can involve unusual commission requests, and for art collectors this can lead to a rare item.
In the early 1970’s Fred Yates found himself back with the Rastall household staying a few days around the Wye Valley with my grandmother. My father was running the family business in Tintern, and asked for Fred’s help with an unusual commission.
Artist: Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Title: Railway Bridge, Tintern
Medium: Oil on Board
Provenance: Clarke Art
Dimensions with frame: 42cm x 47cm
Framed and ready to hang
4% Artists Resale Rights (ARR) included in the price.
Ref: 135FY