—Fred Yates Ink Drawings from Cornwall John Martin Chelsea 80 Fulham Road [email protected] T: +44 (0)20 7590 9991 London, SW3 6HR www.jmlondon.com Mon-Fri 10 - 6, Sat 10 - 1:30 Polperro Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins Fowey Harbour, Penleath Point Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins Yates lived in Fowey during the 1970’s and often painted the large china clay river boats that navigated the Fowey Estuary In 1968, having quit his career as an art teacher, Fred Yates settled in a fisherman’s cottage in Cornwall to paint full time with odd-jobs providing him a small income. Encouraged by friends he also started to make topographical ink drawings of local houses and landmarks which were then printed as letter-heads for their owners. He continued to make these drawings throughout the 1970’s and it proved a modestly successful venture for an otherwise penniless artist. Yates had an extraordinary fluency as a draughtsman and his meticulous, topographical drawings were an important aspect in his development as a painter, giving him the ability to impose a structure over which he could use paint more freely and expressively in later years. Throughout his life and in spite of many house moves in England and France, Fred always treasured the folio of ink drawings that he kept with him and which he often suggested might make a book. There are about 50 drawings in all, covering a wide area of Cornwall, some of which may have been a commission for a series of prints of Cornish scenes. I am immensely grateful to friends who have so far helped identify some of the locations, though many remain unidentified for the time being. Please note that few of the drawings were signed by Yates, possibly confirming his intention to make prints from them which would then be signed after printing. All are sold with a certificate of authenticity from the gallery. – John Martin Downderry, the Atlantic Hotel Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins The Vasconia at Padstow Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins The Lobster Pot, Mousehole Pen and ink on paper, 9x13 ½ ins St Just in Roseland Church Pen and ink on paper, 9 ½ x 13 ins Polkerris, Penzance Pen and ink on paper, 11 x 13 ins Ruan Lanihorne Bridge Pen and Ink on paper, 9 x 14 ½ ins Boscastle Pen and ink on paper, 9 x 13 ½ ins Lamorna Hill Pen and ink on paper, 9½ x 12 ins Pier at Newlyn Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 16 ins View of Fowey with Polruan Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 14 ins Malpas Road, Truro Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 12 ins Pentewan Pen and ink on paper, 11 x 16 ins Menabilly, Fowey Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 7 ins Train Station, Lostwithiel Pen and ink on paper, 10 ½ x 13 ins A Lane Towards Bodinnick Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 11 ins St Mawes Pen and ink on paper, 9 x 14 ins Gallants, Fowey pen and ink on paper, 12 x 16 ins Lostwithiel Bridge Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 15 ins Crumplehorn Farm and Mill, Polperro Pen and ink on paper, 11 ½ x 13 ins Launceston Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 11 ins Road to Marazion Pen and ink on paper, 7 x 12 ins Penzance Pen and ink on paper, 8 ½ x 12 ins Interior of Fred’s house, North Street, Fowey Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 13 ½ ins All through his life Fred’s homes were always filled with antique bric a brac and for a tall man, he liked houses that were surprisingly cramped and cosey. When they became too full, he would move on. Daphne Du Maurier House at Bodinnoc Pen and ink on paper, 9 ½ x 13ins Lake at Caerhays Castle Ink & Felt Tip on paper, 9 x 13ins Porthleven Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 10 ins Port Navas Yacht Club Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 11½ ins Glasshouse at Edgecombe House Pen and ink on paper, 13 x 10 ins Shoreline, St Ives (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 13 ins Whitehouse, Fowey (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10½ x 15 ins River Towards Loswithiel (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10½ x 14 ins Moored Yachts (unframed) Ink on paper, 10½ x 14 ins Golant (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8½ x 14 ins Grampound (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 14 ins Sutton Quay, Plymouth (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 11½ ins Street in Polperro (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 9½ x 12½ ins Malpas (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 12 ins Padstow (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 16 ins St Michael’s Mount (unframed) Felt tip pen on paper, 10½ x 14 ins View of Fowey over Place House (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 7½ x 10 ins Ruined Cottage (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 9½ x 16 ins Tamar Estuary from Saltash (unframed) Felt tip on paper, 9 ½ x 13 ins Mill House (unframed) Ink on paper, 9½ x 14 ins Cottages with winter trees (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 7 x 12 ins Farmhouse (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10½ x 14 ins House with Topiary (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 16 ins Fowey Houses (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 13 x 10½ ins Stream (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 13 x 10 ins.