| Gladys Edgerly Bates | |
| Birth Name: | Gladys Cecelia Edgerly |
| Birth Date: | July 15, 1896 |
| Birth Place: | Hopewell, New Jersey |
| Death Place: | Mystic, Connecticut |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Corcoran School of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art |
| Field: | Sculpture |
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]
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]