01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #296

Bateson Mason, (1910–1977)

Black Boat, c. 1955

Oil on board

H 63 x W 88 cm

The Hepworth Wakefield

Frank Bateson Mason (1910 – 1977)  was born in Thackley, Bradford, and studied under Henry Butler at Bradford College of Art, 1927-32 and then, via a scholarship, at the Royal College of Art (RCA), 1932-5.  Mason’s work was singled out by William Rothenstein, a former principal of the RCA, when he paid a visit to Bradford, and it was due to Rothenstein’s encouragement that Frank applied to the Royal College to study.

In his first year at the Royal College, Mason gained the Free Studenship of the College, and in his second year won the Sir William Rothenstein Sketch Club Prize.  He also gained a continuation scholarship, allowing him to continue studying for a third year at the RCA.

Mason exhibited at the New English Art Club, the Storran Gallery,the Redfern Gallery, and at the Royal Academy. He travelled widely on the Continent and his paintings often depicted the scenes from his travels.

Examples are in the collections of the Beecroft Art Gallery, British Council, Government Art Collection, Hepworth Wakefield, Manchester City Galleries, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, Southwark Art Collection (Cuming Museum) in London and with the Rochdale Arts and Heritage Service. More on Frank Bateson Mason 

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