About Gladys Edgerly Bates
Lived 1896 – 2003 (aged 107). Gladys Edgerly Bates was a sculptor.
Gladys Edgerly Bates (July 15, 1896 – July 28, 2003) was an American sculptor 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. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. She was a founding member of the Mystic Museum of Art.
Biography Bates was born Gladys Cecelia Edgerly on July 15, 1896, in Hopewell, New Jersey.
In 1921, she was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship by the PAFA which allowed her to travel to Europe.
Bates was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, the Mystic Art Association, the National Association of Women Artists and the National Sculpture Society.
Bates died in Mystic, Connecticut on July 28, 2003.
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Gladys Edgerly Bates was born on 15 July 1896 in Hopewell.
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Gladys Edgerly Bates died on 28 July 2003 in Mystic.
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