biography of Gladys Edgerly BATES (1896-2003)

Birth place: Hopewell, NJ

Addresses: Phila., 1921-25; Mystic, CT, from 1928

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Corcoran Gallery Sch. Art, 1910-16; PAFA with Charles Grafly; Albert Laessle (Cresson European scholarship, 1920, 1916-21)

Exhibited: PAFA, 1921-22 (under Edgerly), 1928-51 (George D. Widener gold medal, 1931);Mystic AA, 1925-46; CAFA, 1933 (prize); NAWA, 1934 (medal, prize), 1948 (prize); AIC, Century of Progress, 1934, 1935 (prize), 1939; AV, MMA, 1942 (third purchase prize); PBC, 1944 (prize); Texas Centenn., 1936; Am. Sculpture Exhib., CI, 1938; AGAA, 1941; Phila. Art All.; PBC; Third Sculpture Int., PMA, 1949; Salons of Am.; S.Indp.A.; Stone Ledge Studio Art Galleries, Noank, CT, 1970s; Moore College of Art & Des., Phila., 1998 (retrospective, The Philadelphia Ten.")"

Member: NSS (fellow); NAWA; Ten Phila. Painters; Pen & Brush Club; CAFA; Mystic AA; PAFA (fellow)

Work: PAFA; MMA; NJ State Mus., Trenton.

Comments: Preferred media: wood, stone, cast stone.

Sources: WW73; WW25 (as Gladys C. Edgerly); Talbott and Sidney, The Philadelphia Ten; Falk, Exh. Record Series.