id: 123727 accession number: 1944.256 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.256 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:58.543000 Plate: Argument in Limoges Market Place, 1943. Kenneth F. Bates (American, Cleveland, 1904–1994). Enamel; framed: 31.8 x 31.8 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.); overall: 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1944.256 title: Plate: Argument in Limoges Market Place title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1943 creation date earliest: 1943 creation date latest: 1943 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland technique: enamel department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Enamel find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kenneth F. Bates (American, Cleveland, 1904–1994) - artist Kenneth F. Bates was a long-time member of the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Art, who specialized in enamel work and was nationally recognized for his achievements in the field. Born to Francis and Winnette Litchfield Bates in North Scituate, MA, Kenneth pursued his art education at the Massachussetts School of Art and earned his bachelor's degree there. He came to Cleveland in 1926, and one year later joined the faculty of the Cleveland School of Art (later Cleveland Institute of Art). During his forty-three years at the CIA, he taught advanced courses in enameling and became professor emeritus in 1971. In 1927 Bates submitted his first enamel work to the May Show of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it received first prize. Bates continued to submit entries to the annual May Show for the next 62 years, garnering a long list of prizes. In 1946 he was awarded first prize in the national enameling competition. His works have been displayed in many museums and were featured in one-man shows in Brooklyn and Chicago. In 1987 the National Society of Enamelists honored him with the title "Dean of American Enamelists." Bates authored three books: Enameling: Principles and Practice, 1951; The Enamelist, 1967; and Basic Design, 1970. --- measurements: Framed: 31.8 x 31.8 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.); Overall: 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written on back in ink: "An interpretation of one of "Ten Pictures at an Exhibition" by Modeste Mussorgosky in enamel on silver and copper by Kenneth Bates, 1943" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The May Show: 26th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen opening date: 1944-05-02T04:00:00 The May Show: 26th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 2-June 11, 1944). title: Enamels by Kenneth F. Bates opening date: 1961-11-04T05:00:00 Enamels by Kenneth F. Bates. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (November 4, 1961-January 7, 1962). title: Art Deco opening date: 1971-06-06T04:00:00 Art Deco. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 1, 1971). title: The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years opening date: 1982-12-22T05:00:00 The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983). title: The Spirit of Cleveland: The Visual Arts Recipients of the Cleveland Arts Prize, 1961-1995 opening date: 1995-09-01T04:00:00 The Spirit of Cleveland: The Visual Arts Recipients of the Cleveland Arts Prize, 1961-1995. The Cleveland Institute of Art (organizer) (September 19-October 22, 1995); Canton Museum of Art (November 24, 1995-January 6, 1996); ArtSpace Lima (January 19-March 2, 1996); Riffe Gallery (May 9-July 27, 1996); Beck Center for the Arts (September 15-October 30, 1996). title: Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980 opening date: 2005-11-14T00:00:00 Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980. Long Beach Museum of Art (organizer) (January 12-August 19, 2007). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Kenneth F. Bates Entry Card to 1944 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMS06765/ Channing, Laurence, "Before Neo: The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 45 no. 07, September 2005 page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2005-07/page/6 --- IMAGES