Gladys Edgerly Bates
Gladys Edgerly Bates | |
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 Bates standing next to her sculpture The Acrobat, in 1934 | |
| Born | Gladys Cecelia Edgerly July 15, 1896 Hopewell, New Jersey |
| Died | July 28, 2003 (aged 107) Mystic, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Spouse |
Kenneth Bates (m. 1923) |
Gladys Edgerly Bates (July 15, 1896 – July 28, 2003) was an American sculptor[1] known for her figure carving. Her work is in permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[2] She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten.[3] She was a founding member of the Mystic Museum of Art.[4]
Biography
[edit]Bates was born Gladys Cecelia Edgerly on July 15, 1896, in Hopewell, New Jersey.[1] From 1910 to 1916 she attended the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C.[2] In 1916 she began attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) where she studied with Daniel Garber and Charles Grafly.[5]
In 1921, she was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship by the PAFA which allowed her to travel to Europe.[5]
In 1923, she married Kenneth Bates, with whom she had three children.[2]
In 1924, the couple settled in Mystic, Connecticut. There they were among the artists who worked with Charles Harold Davis to establish the Mystic Museum of Art.[6]
Bates was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, the Mystic Art Association, the National Association of Women Artists and the National Sculpture Society.[2]
Bates died in Mystic, Connecticut on July 28, 2003.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gladys C. (Edgerly) Bates Obituary". CurrentObituary.net. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Gladys Edgerly Bates Papers". Syracuse University Libraries. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "The Philadelphia Ten". Moore Women Artists. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Permanent Collection". Mystic Museum of Art. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Gladys Edgerly Bates (born 1896)". askART. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Our History". Mystic Museum of Art. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Morning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Sleepy Girl Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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| Artists | |
- 1896 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century American women sculptors
- George Washington University Corcoran School alumni
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni
- American women centenarians
- 20th-century American sculptors
- People from Hopewell, New Jersey
- Sculptors from New Jersey
- People from Mystic, Connecticut
- Sculptors from Connecticut