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| 1906 |
Born 14 December, Calgary, Alberta. |
| 1912 |
Visited England with his family. |
| 1924 |
Began work in his father's (William Stanley Bates's) architectural firm. |
| 1926 |
Became member of the Calgary Art Club. |
| 1926-28 |
Attended art classes at Provincial Institute of Technology
and Art under Lars Haukaness two evenings per week. |
| 1928 |
Visited Vancouver and Victoria with Leroy Stevenson.
Was expelled from the Calgary Art Club. |
| 1929 |
Visited the Art Institute of Chicago for three weeks with Leroy Stevenson. |
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| 1931 |
Went to London, England. |
| 1932-36 |
Was a member of the "Twenties Group." |
| 1934 |
Began work in the firm of J. Harold Gibbons, Architect. |
| 1936-38 |
Travelled to Belgium, Channel Islands and Paris. |
| 1939 |
Joined the British Territorial Army. |
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| 1940 |
Was assigned to the British Expeditionary Force, France |
| 1941 |
Was captured by the Germans; served as prisoner of war in Thuringia. |
| 1942 |
Was granted registration as an architect in the United Kingdom. |
| 1945 |
Was freed by United States forces and returned to England. |
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| 1946 |
Returned to Calgary to work in his father's architectural firm. |
| 1947 |
Became a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the Alberta Society
of Artists. |
| 1948-49 |
Became an instructor of evening classes in life drawing and children's
classes at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art. |
| 1949 |
Married May Watson.
Studied for four months in New York under Max
Beckmann and Abraham Rattner at the Brooklyn Museum Art
School. |
| 1950 |
Returned to Calgary to work with architect A.W. Hodges. |
| 1951 |
Registered as an architect in Alberta.
Received an honorary award from the Royal Architectural
Institute of Canada (MRAIC).
Became a member of the Canadian
Society of Painters in Watercolour. |
| 1952 |
May Watson Bates died.
Was elected Vice-President of the Alberta
Society of Artists. |
| 1953 |
With John H. Snow, acquired lithograph presses and began
experimenting in the medium. |
| 1954 |
Married Charlotte Kintzle. |
| 1954-57 |
Worked on St. Mary's Cathedral, Calgary. |
| 1955 |
Was co-juror of Winnipeg Exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery. |
| 1956 |
Travelled to Toronto for his exhibition at the Greenwich
Gallery.
Was appointed to the National Committee of the
International Society of the Plastic Arts. |
| 1957 |
Travelled with John H. Snow to Vancouver for a show of their
lithographs at New Design Gallery.
Was elected to the Canadian
Group of Painters. |
| 1958-59 |
Travelled extensively in Europe. |
| 1960 |
Travelled to Regina for his retrospective at the Norman
Mackenzie Art Gallery.
Became fellow of the International
Institute of Arts and Letters. |
| 1961 |
Suffered first stroke.
Became Associate of the Royal Canadian
Academy (ARCA). |
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| 1962 |
Moved to Victoria, B.C.
Made Honorary Member, Alberta
Society of Artists. |
| 1964 |
Published Far-Away Flags.
Travelled with John
H. Snow to Vancouver for an exhibition of their paintings at New Design Gallery. |
| 1966 |
Returned to Calgary for the printing of a lithograph
commissioned by the Canada Council. |
| 1967 |
Was awarded the Centennial Medal. |
| 1968 |
Travelled to Winnipeg for his retrospective at the Winnipeg
Art Gallery. |
| 1969 |
Travelled to Seattle for an exhibition with Herbert Siebner at
Seligmann Gallery. |
| 1970 |
Travelled to Vancouver for an exhibition of the work of Jock
Macdonald. |
| 1971 |
Travelled to Calgary to receive LL.D. from the University of
Calgary.
Became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy
(RCA).
Formed the Limners group in Victoria. |
| 1973 |
Travelled to Vancouver for his retrospective at the Vancouver
Art Gallery. |
| 1978 |
Published A Wilderness of Days.
Suffered second stroke. |
| 1980 |
Received Order of Canada, C.M.
Died 14 September in Victoria, B.C. |
| - Adapted from: Kathleen M. Snow, Maxwell Bates: Biography of an Artist, (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1993), p. 227 |
