Velox Benjamin Ward was born in Texas on December 21, 1901 to "Fred" Frederick Bowers Ward and Laura Carrington. Velox Benjamin Ward married Jessie Bain Howell and had 3 children. He passed away on... Read full biography
Velox Benjamin Ward was born in Texas on December 21, 1901 to "Fred" Frederick Bowers Ward and Laura Carrington. Velox Benjamin Ward married Jessie Bain Howell and had 3 children. He passed away on December 19, 1994 in Texas, USA. In some ways Velox Ward is Texas's answer to Grandma Moses. He began... Read full biography
Velox Benjamin Ward was born in Texas on December 21, 1901 to "Fred" Frederick Bowers Ward and Laura Carrington. Velox Benjamin Ward married Jessie Bain Howell and had 3 children. He passed away on December 19, 1994 in Texas, USA. In some ways Velox Ward is Texas's answer to Grandma Moses. He began his first painting at the age of sixty. Within several years Ward was recognized as a major creative contributor to the genre of 'folk art' or 'primitivism'. Today such major institutions as the... Read full biography
Velox Benjamin Ward was born in Texas on December 21, 1901 to "Fred" Frederick Bowers Ward and Laura Carrington. Velox Benjamin Ward married Jessie Bain Howell and had 3 children. He passed away on December 19, 1994 in Texas, USA. In some ways Velox Ward is Texas's answer to Grandma Moses. He began his first painting at the age of sixty. Within several years Ward was recognized as a major creative contributor to the genre of 'folk art' or 'primitivism'. Today such major institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, include examples of Ward's art in their permanent collections.... Read full biography
Velox Benjamin Ward was born in Texas on December 21, 1901 to "Fred" Frederick Bowers Ward and Laura Carrington. Velox Benjamin Ward married Jessie Bain Howell and had 3 children. He passed away on December 19, 1994 in Texas, USA. In some ways Velox Ward is Texas's answer to Grandma Moses. He began his first painting at the age of sixty. Within several years Ward was recognized as a major creative contributor to the genre of 'folk art' or 'primitivism'. Today such major institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, include examples of Ward's art in their permanent collections.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (6)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990
Rosenak, Chuck and Jan
416 pages (color)
Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water An Exhibition of American & Canadian Art (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Frankenstein, Alfred
63 pages (color)
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972