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Name/TitleRydal Water oil painting
About this objectRydal Water, an oil painting by Fred Yates. Fred was born in 1854, in Southampton and lived for a while in Liverpool. Around 1881, he went with his parents to America, becoming a professional artist shortly afterwards. He had two periods of study in Paris, with Leon Joseph Florentin Bonatt, 1833 – 1922, a well known portrait and historical painter. Also, with Adolph William Bouguereau, 1825 – 1905, a painter with a similarity of spirit to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and known for pictures on themes from classical mythology, the Bible, and contemporary life. Returning to the USA, he married on the last day of 1887, Emily Powers Chapman, a pianist and teacher whom he met whilst teaching in San Raphael, California. From 1890, they made their home in England, and their daughter Mary was born in 1891 in Chislehurst.
Following a commission to paint Charlotte Mason, the founder of the Parents National Educational Union, at Ambleside, he settled in the Lake District in 1902. Portrait work continued in his London studio, and on further visits to the USA.
He was a founder member of the Lake Artists Society in 1904. Squire Le Fleming built their house in Rydal, on a site picked by Fred and Mary. Fred died in 1919.
MakerYates, Fred
Maker RoleArtist
Date Made1914
Period20th Century (1901-2000)
Medium and MaterialsOil on canvas
Inscription and Markssigned: reverse of canvas: Rydal Water 1914 Fred Yates
Measurements760 x 1016 (HxWxDxDiam)
Named CollectionLetchworth Museum
Object TypePainting
Object number1922.2004
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
