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