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1889 Brooklyn, New York - 1973 Sacramento, California. Known for: Landscape, illustrator, genre.
Landscape painter. Born in Brooklyn, NY on June 11, 1889, a descendant of telegraph inventor Samuel Morse. After graduating from the Pratt Institute, Ward had further study in Paris. He came west and... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Brooklyn, NY on June 11, 1889, a descendant of telegraph inventor Samuel Morse. After graduating from the Pratt Institute, Ward had further study in Paris. He came west and taught art at Colusa (CA) High School for many years before establishing the art department at... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Brooklyn, NY on June 11, 1889, a descendant of telegraph inventor Samuel Morse. After graduating from the Pratt Institute, Ward had further study in Paris. He came west and taught art at Colusa (CA) High School for many years before establishing the art department at Sacramento Jr. College in 1923. Upon retirement from that school in 1949, he won a Carnegie grant to do research in fine arts and was author-illustrator of the book, The Thing Called Art. Ward taught in... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Brooklyn, NY on June 11, 1889, a descendant of telegraph inventor Samuel Morse. After graduating from the Pratt Institute, Ward had further study in Paris. He came west and taught art at Colusa (CA) High School for many years before establishing the art department at Sacramento Jr. College in 1923. Upon retirement from that school in 1949, he won a Carnegie grant to do research in fine arts and was author-illustrator of the book, The Thing Called Art. Ward taught in the Sacramento area and served as president of the northern California Arts. His landscapes are representational and often are of the Mother Lode area and towns around Sacramento. Ward died there on Jan. 20, 1973. Exh: GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Brooklyn, NY on June 11, 1889, a descendant of telegraph inventor Samuel Morse. After graduating from the Pratt Institute, Ward had further study in Paris. He came west and taught art at Colusa (CA) High School for many years before establishing the art department at Sacramento Jr. College in 1923. Upon retirement from that school in 1949, he won a Carnegie grant to do research in fine arts and was author-illustrator of the book, The Thing Called Art. Ward taught in the Sacramento area and served as president of the northern California Arts. His landscapes are representational and often are of the Mother Lode area and towns around Sacramento. Ward died there on Jan. 20, 1973. Exh: GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1943. In: Calif. State Capitol. Sacramento Bee, 3-3-1956 & 1-22-1973 (obit). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940".
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art School
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940