biography of Dewey BATES (1851-1899)

Birth place: Phila., PA

Addresses: Active Indianapolis, IN, c.1876; Philadelphia, 1877-78

Profession: Portrait and genre painter

Studied: Royal Acad., Antwerp, Belgium; Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris (before 1876)

Exhibited: Soc. of British Artists, London, 1875; PAFA, 1877-78; NAD, 1878.

Work: Indianapolis Mus. Art (John W. Love")"

Comments: He was a friend of John Love (see entry) and painted his portrait.

Sources: Clement and Hutton; Gerdts, Art Across America, vol. 2: 261(with repro.)