Fred Yates

Fred Yates (25 July 1922 – 7 July 2008), born Frederick Joseph Yates, was an English artist. Fred Yates was a self-taught British artist, known for his plein-air paintings of the English landscape. Influenced by so-called naïve art, Yate’s work incorporated bold colours, loose brushwork, and child-like abstractions. His paintings are included in many private and public collections including Brighton and Hove Art Gallery, Liverpool University, the University of Warwick, Torquay Art Gallery and Russell Coates Gallery Bournemouth.