'Processions of Shells' Mural by Peter Yates
01 04, 07 Topic: Peter Yates
On popping into Beacon House in Whitley Bay, I was surprised and delighted to see the Peter Yates “Processions of Shells” mural still intact and in great condition after almost 50 years !
They have clearly been cherished and decorated around with great care ever since they were painted in 1959.
4.3.2009 : UPDATE ... I am sad to report that after 50 years, the "Shells" Mural has sadly been lost to the evils of Magnolia emulsion.
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Lost Peter Yates Murals Uncovered
19 08, 09 Topic: Peter Yates
Just as Beacon House boxes in their Peter Yates ‘Shells’ mural, two Peter Yates murals are rediscovered in a Ryder and Yates house in Cumbria. The new owners of Harlequin House, as it was known when built have restored the murals to their 1960’s condition.
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Peter Yates Murals
24 07, 09 Topic: Peter Yates
'Cinema's Classic Pictures see the Light'
15 12, 06 Topic: Peter Yates
Article, David Whetstone, Newcastle Journal, December 15th, 2006
‘Cinema's Classic Pictures see the Light’
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‘Cinema's Classic Pictures see the Light’
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Restored Peter Yates Mural Unveiled at the Tyneside Cinema
23 04, 09 Topic: Peter Yates
Photograph : E GanzertWC Fields features in this distorted image of the mural.
Also on the night of April the 23rd, Peter Yates’ freshly renovated 1976 mural entitled “Shadows and Light” was unveiled at the newly reopened Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. “It portrays a potted history of moving pictures, starting with a Victorian zoetrope machine and ending with an Andy Warhol-inspired portrait of Marilyn Monroe”.
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