Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1993. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, but small white label to the endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 278pp, notrs and sources, index, colour reproductions of paintings, with some B&W drawings and illus. Born in 1906, Bates started painting at an early age; his piece In the Kitchen was painted when he was 15 years old. As a young adult, he worked for his father's architecture firm. In 1931 Bates moved to England, where he supported himself as a door-to-door vacuum salesman while exhibiting his art work at the Wertheim Gallery. In England he associated with promising young artists such as Barbara Hepworth and Victor Pasmore.In 1949 Bates studied at the Brooklyn Museum; took Drawing and Painting with Max Beckmann and Analysis and Criticism with Abraham Rattner. As an architect, his most notable work was St. Mary's Cathedral, which was consecrated in 1957. (3.5 JM HOZ 403/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

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Bookseller: JWMah (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 07373
Title: MAXWELL BATES, Biography of an Artist
Author: Snow, Kathleen M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st
ISBN 10: 1895176255
ISBN 13: 9781895176254
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Place of Publication: Calgary
Date Published: 1993
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Keywords: Maxwell Bates Biography Canadian Artists
Bookseller catalogs: Biography; Art, Graphic Design, Commercial Art;

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