Peter Yates Exhibition at Margaret Howell - April 15
Peter
Yates British Landscapes 1945 - 1980
April 15 - May 10, 2010
Margaret
Howell
34 Wigmore Street
London
Peter
Yates (1920-1982)
was one of the founders of Ryder and
Yates,
the partnership which brought modern architecture
to the North East of England after the war. But he
also painted and Margaret Howell has chosen 15 of
his works which reflect Yates’ response to the
Britain he travelled through. The paintings
feature both rural and urban landscapes and
highlight his skill in a variety of media.
“One of the pleasures in reading
Rutter
Carroll’s
‘Ryder and Yates’ was discovering Peter Yates’
paintings. So I was more than happy when the
opportunity came to mount a personal selection of
his work. One thinks of Nash and Bawden; Peter
Yates shares something of their graphic strength,
eye for detail, and sheer fondness of what he
finds in the British landscape.”
Margaret
Howell
The exhibition has been organised with the help of
the Yates family and Catherine Croft of
The
Twentieth Century Society.
Image
from the evening of the exhibition preview (left) and
the following morning. (Courtesy of
MHL)