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Maxwell Bates (Maxwell Bennett Bates) was born on 14 December, 1906 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a Canadian architect and artist (1906-1980). Discover Maxwell Bates's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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Maxwell Bennett Bates |
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| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
14 December 1906 |
| Birthday |
14 December |
| Birthplace |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Date of death |
14 September, 1980 |
| Died Place |
Victoria, British Columbia |
| Nationality |
Canada
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Maxwell Bates Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Maxwell Bates's Wife?
His wife is May Watson (m. 1949-1952)
Charlotte Kintzle (m. 1954)
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| Wife |
May Watson (m. 1949-1952)
Charlotte Kintzle (m. 1954) |
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Maxwell Bates Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Maxwell Bates worth at the age of 73 years old? Maxwell Bates’s income source is mostly from being a successful architect. He is from Canada. We have estimated Maxwell Bates's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
architect |
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Timeline
Maxwell Bates LL.D (14 December 1906 – 14 September 1980) was an architect and expressionist painter.
Born in Calgary, Alberta in 1906, Bates started painting at an early age; his piece In the Kitchen was painted when he was 15 years old.
As a young adult, he worked for his father's architecture firm.
His father, William Stanley Bates, was himself a prominent architect in early Calgary who designed the Burns Building (1912) and the Grain Exchange (1909).
Bates studied with Lars Jonson Haukaness at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary from 1926–1927.
In 1931 Bates moved to England, where he supported himself as a door-to-door vacuum salesman while exhibiting his art work at the Wertheim Gallery.
As a member of the British Territorial Army in 1940, Bates was captured in France and became a prisoner of war in Thuringia.
He remained a POW until 1945.
Bates returned to Calgary in 1946 to work with his father's architectural firm again.
His first wife May Watson, whom he married in 1949, died in 1952.
In 1949 Bates studied at the Brooklyn Museum; took Drawing and Painting with Max Beckmann and Analysis and Criticism with Abraham Rattner.
Bates was a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (Member 1951 Life Member 1963); a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1947) and a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (C.S.P.W.C.) (1951); Canadian Society of Graphic Art (C.S.G.A.) (1947); the Alberta Society of Artists; the B.C. Society of Artists (1967); the Federation of Canadian Artists (F.C.A.) (1947); the Canadian Group of Painters (C.G.P.) (1957); and the Calgary Arts Club.
He then married Charlotte Kintzle in 1954.
As an architect, his most notable work was St. Mary's Cathedral, which was consecrated in 1957.
His work has been showcased at art galleries worldwide and retrospective exhibitions have been shown in galleries such as the Mackenzie Art Gallery (1960), the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1968), the Vancouver Art Gallery (1974), and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1982), curated by Ian M. Thom.
Bates suffered a stroke in 1961.
In 1962 he moved from Calgary to Victoria, British Columbia.
In 1971, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary.
In Victoria, B.C. he was a member and the first president of the Limners, a group formed in 1971 which he helped to found.
This experience was captured in his 1978 book A Wilderness of Days.
He suffered a second stroke in 1978 and died in Victoria in 1980.
In 1980 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
