Gladys Edgerly Bates

Gladys Edgerly Bates
Bates standing next to her sculpture The Acrobat, in 1934
Born
Gladys Cecelia Edgerly

(1896-07-15)July 15, 1896
Hopewell, New Jersey
DiedJuly 28, 2003(2003-07-28) (aged 107)
Mystic, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Known forSculpture
Spouse
Kenneth Bates
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(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

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

  1. ^ a b c "Gladys C. (Edgerly) Bates Obituary". CurrentObituary.net. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gladys Edgerly Bates Papers". Syracuse University Libraries. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ^ "The Philadelphia Ten". Moore Women Artists. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Permanent Collection". Mystic Museum of Art. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Gladys Edgerly Bates (born 1896)". askART. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Our History". Mystic Museum of Art. Retrieved 28 April 2018.