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

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and the

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

. 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. From 1910 to 1916 she attended the

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in Washington, D.C. In 1916 she began attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) where she studied with

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and

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. In 1921, she was awarded the

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by the PAFA which allowed her to travel to Europe. In 1923, she married Kenneth Bates, with whom she had three children. In 1924, the Bates settled in Mystic, Connecticut. There they were among the artists who worked with Charles Harold Davis to establish the Mystic Museum of Art. Bates was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, the Mystic Art Association, the

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, and the

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. Bates died in Mystic, Connecticut on July 28, 2003.

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''Morning''
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
''Sleepy Girl''
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts {{DEFAULTSORT:Bates, Gladys Edgerly 1896 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American women artists George Washington University Corcoran School alumni Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni American centenarians Women centenarians