STANLEY BATE Signed Oil Painting 1961

STANLEY BATE Signed Gathering of the Clan Oil Painting 1961, signature to lower left reads ‘Stanley Bate’, inscription to reverse reads ‘ Stanley Bate RD Craryville, NY 208 Gathering of the Clan Oil, paper affixed to reverse reads ‘Property of Paul B Robinson Gathering of the Clan by Stanley Bates Value - $1185 3/1/1961’, subject figures gathered with banners, measures 25 5/8 x 37 5/8 inches, canvas measures 23 7/8 x 36 inches, wooden frame partially painted white, some chips and scratches to frame but overall in good condition, some losses of paint, exposed canvas to reverse, not examined out of frame, In the 1920’s Stanley Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was