Kenneth Earl Bates was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1895. He began studying art in 1914 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York under George Bridgman. Two years later he was... Read full biography
Kenneth Earl Bates was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1895. He began studying art in 1914 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York under George Bridgman. Two years later he was attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Daniel Garber, N. A. (a noted New Hope... Read full biography
Kenneth Earl Bates was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1895. He began studying art in 1914 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York under George Bridgman. Two years later he was attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Daniel Garber, N. A. (a noted New Hope impressionist), Hugh Breckenridge and Joseph Pearson. While at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1920, Bates won the Cresson Scholarship, which he used the next year to travel to Europe. Accompanying Bates were... Read full biography
Kenneth Earl Bates was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1895. He began studying art in 1914 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York under George Bridgman. Two years later he was attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Daniel Garber, N. A. (a noted New Hope impressionist), Hugh Breckenridge and Joseph Pearson. While at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1920, Bates won the Cresson Scholarship, which he used the next year to travel to Europe. Accompanying Bates were fellow students and scholarship recipients, Arthur Meltzer and Alfred Mitchell. Bates exhibited all across America from the mid 1920s up until the time of his death. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design by his peers and won... Read full biography
Kenneth Earl Bates was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1895. He began studying art in 1914 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York under George Bridgman. Two years later he was attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Daniel Garber, N. A. (a noted New Hope impressionist), Hugh Breckenridge and Joseph Pearson. While at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1920, Bates won the Cresson Scholarship, which he used the next year to travel to Europe. Accompanying Bates were fellow students and scholarship recipients, Arthur Meltzer and Alfred Mitchell. Bates exhibited all across America from the mid 1920s up until the time of his death. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design by his peers and won several prizes for his work. In 1943, American Artist magazine published an article on Bates an... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953