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George David Yater (1910 - 1993) American - George David Yater (1910 - 1993) Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, Signed Lower Left, Measures ( 14.5 x 10.5 inches ) w/frame ( 21.5 x 17.5 inches ) George Yater, who was graduated from the John Herron Art school in 1932, has begun to build the traditional artist’s “ladder” with good strong rungs, judging from the highly commendatory reviews by art critics that were published in four New York newspapers on the occasion of the young Hoosier’s first one-man show of water color paintings in the Eastern metropolis.A scholarship of $350 from the Herron school was given to Mr. Yater for study in the East, when awards were announced at commencement time, and in the summer of 1932 he went to the popular Cape Cod painting field at Provincetown, Mass. - made famous many years ago by Charles W. Hawthorne - where he has continued to paint in a medium so well suited to coast scenes and marine subjects. Condition: Good Condition