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David Bates

British · 1840–1921 · Painter, Draughtsman

David Bates was an English landscape artist who painted in oils and watercolour. (Wikipedia)

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21lots offered2013–2026years recorded95%sold (19)$509Sign up free to seemedian price

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Floral Still LifePalm Beach Modern Auctions · Apr 2022$250,000≈ £193,964≈ €231,118Sign up to see
Fall FirePhillips · Feb 2026$174,150≈ £129,278≈ €147,522Sign up to see
UntitledPalm Beach Modern Auctions · Mar 2023$37,120≈ £30,959≈ €34,969Sign up to see

David Bates’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Lot images as published by each auction house (22 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

David Bates, Flock of Sheep in a Landscape, oil on canvas — Flock of Sheep in a Landscape
Chorley's · Jul 15, 2026
£1,100Sign up free to see

David Bates, Girl and Sheepdog Driving Cattle, oil on canvas — Girl and Sheepdog Driving Cattle
Chorley's · Jul 15, 2026
£480Sign up free to see

David Bates, Anglers by the Lledr, North Wales, oil on canvas 29 x 44cm — Anglers by the Lledr, North Wales
Chorley's · Jul 15, 2026
£380Sign up free to see

David Bates, Kenilworth Castle, watercolour — Kenilworth Castle
Chorley's · Jul 15, 2026
£150Sign up free to see

David Bates, Fall Fire, 1984, oil on canvas — Fall Fire, 1984
Phillips · Feb 28, 2026
$174,150Sign up free to see

David Bates, On The Avon; Fern Gathering On Welland Common, Near Malvern, oil on canvas — On The Avon; Fern Gathering On Welland Common, Near Malvern
Lawrences Auctioneers · Feb 10, 2026
£400Sign up free to see

In the Midlands
Brunk Auctions · Jun 25, 2025
$450Sign up free to see

David Bates, Highlands Landscape, oil on canvas — Highlands Landscape
Chorley's · Feb 6, 2024
£70Sign up free to see

David Bates, Untitled, oil on canvas 35.5 x 53.5cm — Untitled
Sworders · Sep 26, 2023
£300Sign up free to see

David Bates, David Bates, Sketch for Anhinga, 1988, Graphite on paper, 1988 — David Bates, Sketch for Anhinga, 1988
Clarke Auction Gallery · Jul 16, 2023
$950Sign up free to see

David Bates, Untitled, Painting — Untitled
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Mar 4, 2023
$37,120Sign up free to see

David Bates, Back To The Farmyard — Back To The Farmyard
Lawrences Auctioneers · Oct 12, 2022
£140Sign up free to see

David Bates, Child With Poultry By A Thatched Cottage — Child With Poultry By A Thatched Cottage
Lawrences Auctioneers · Oct 12, 2022
£180Sign up free to see

David Bates, Floral Still Life, Painting — Floral Still Life
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Apr 23, 2022
$250,000Sign up free to see

Untitled
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Jan 3, 2021
$189Sign up free to see

David Bates, Untitled, watercolour 52 x 62cm — Untitled
Sworders · Sep 23, 2020
£260Sign up free to see

David Bates, Untitled, watercolour 37 x 53cm — Untitled
Sworders · Feb 4, 2020
£140Sign up free to see

David Bates, 'A Welsh homestead', oil on canvas — 'A Welsh homestead'
Bonhams · Oct 8, 2019
£1,020Sign up free to see

GOING HOME, AMBLESIDE, CUMBRIA, 1909
Whyte's · Oct 23, 2017
€130Sign up free to see

David Bates, By Ways in Shakespeare's Country / The Island Below Stratford. — By Ways in Shakespeare's Country / The Island Below Stratford.
Clarke Auction Gallery · Mar 16, 2014
$800Sign up free to see

David Bates, The Jüngfrau' (Two Figures and Dog in an Alpine Landscape), 1878, oil on canvas — The Jüngfrau' (Two Figures and Dog in an Alpine Landscape), 1878
Toovey's · Jun 12, 2013
£220Sign up free to see

GOING HOME, AMBLESIDE, CUMBRIA, 1909
Whyte's · Dec 13, 2023

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

David Bates, Autumn River Scene, The Brook — Autumn River Scene, The Brook1889
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Institute of Chicago

David Bates, A River Landscape with Reeds, Arthog — A River Landscape with Reeds, Arthog1893
National Library of Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Library of Wales

David Bates, Near Festiniog — Near Festiniog1901
National Library of Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Library of Wales

David Bates, The Fallen Tree — The Fallen Tree1860
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

David Bates, Interior of a Welsh Cottage — Interior of a Welsh Cottage1873
Walker Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Walker Art Gallery

David Bates, Broadheath Common — Broadheath Common1875
Nottingham Museums ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nottingham Museums

David Bates, Joinville on the River Marne — Joinville on the River Marne1875
Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery

David Bates, River Landscape — River Landscape1878
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum and Galleries ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Aberystwyth University, School of Art…

David Bates, Autumn River Scene, The Brook — Autumn River Scene, The Brook1889 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Weise — public domain …

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