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Marjorie Christine Bates R.A. (1882–1962) was born in Kings Newton, near Melbourne, Derbyshire. She was a painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy[1] in London and Paris and achieved a moderate living from her paintings.

Marjorie Christine Bates
Born	1882 (1882) Kings Newton, United Kingdom
Died	1962 (aged 79–80)
Nationality	British
Education	Nottingham School of Art
Known for	Painting

Biography

Bates was the daughter of George and Emily Bates who had made money from the sale of mosquito netting.[2] Her family moved to Wilford in Nottinghamshire where she attended the Nottingham School of Art. She was a distant relative of both Laura Knight and Harold Gresley. She died in 1962.

References

External links

• Example prints
• Johnson, J.: British artists, 1880–1940. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1976. – ISBN 0-902028-36-7. – (Dictionary of British Art; vol. 5)
• Waters, G.M.: Dictionary of British artists working 1900–1950. Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975.
• Benezit, E.: Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Nouvelle edition ... [editorial direction]: J. Busse. T. 1: Aa-Beduschi. Paris: Grund, 1999. – ISBN 2-7000-3011-7.

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