Renowned artist Bob Bates dead at 82
WHITTIER - Robert Lee (Bob) Bates, a nationally known and locally prominent artist, died Saturday at his home with his wife, Valerie, and other family members at his side. He was 82.
Bates was stricken by what was believed to be a slight stroke some months ago. However, in the past few months he developed symptoms that grew progressively worse, until finally he was hospitalized about a month ago.
The prolific artist was nationally recognized, especially for his warm and patriotic folk artworks, many of them set on farms and during an earlier era of smalltown America.
He cheered up Whittier in 1987 by producing many colorful paintings on plywood fencing erected to hide ugly vacant lots where buildings fell in the Whittier Narrows earthquake.
A full story on Bates will be featured in this newspaper on Sunday.
Bates was stricken by what was believed to be a slight stroke some months ago. However, in the past few months he developed symptoms that grew progressively worse, until finally he was hospitalized about a month ago.
The prolific artist was nationally recognized, especially for his warm and patriotic folk artworks, many of them set on farms and during an earlier era of smalltown America.
He cheered up Whittier in 1987 by producing many colorful paintings on plywood fencing erected to hide ugly vacant lots where buildings fell in the Whittier Narrows earthquake.
A full story on Bates will be featured in this newspaper on Sunday.
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