The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Kansas City, MO 64111-1873
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1809 Bloomfield, New Jersey - 1891 Bloomfield, New Jersey. Known for: Bucolic landscape and still life painting, illustration.
A landscape painter and pioneer of daguerreotype, Jacob Ward was born in 1809 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the son of Caleb Ward, an artist, and the brother of Charles V. Ward, with whom he... Read full biography
A landscape painter and pioneer of daguerreotype, Jacob Ward was born in 1809 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the son of Caleb Ward, an artist, and the brother of Charles V. Ward, with whom he traveled to South America. In 1820, he exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design,... Read full biography
A landscape painter and pioneer of daguerreotype, Jacob Ward was born in 1809 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the son of Caleb Ward, an artist, and the brother of Charles V. Ward, with whom he traveled to South America. In 1820, he exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design, where he continued to show his work sporadically. In the 1830s he drew illustrations for the medical texts of David Hosack, and also went into Virginia where he painted the Natural Bridge. In about... Read full biography
A landscape painter and pioneer of daguerreotype, Jacob Ward was born in 1809 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the son of Caleb Ward, an artist, and the brother of Charles V. Ward, with whom he traveled to South America. In 1820, he exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design, where he continued to show his work sporadically. In the 1830s he drew illustrations for the medical texts of David Hosack, and also went into Virginia where he painted the Natural Bridge. In about 1836, he traveled West with a friend who had inherited property in Iowa. On that trip he saw the headwaters of the Mississippi and made portrait sketches of Indians and also painted Saint Anthony Falls and Fort Snelling. The New York Mirror reproduced... Read full biography
A landscape painter and pioneer of daguerreotype, Jacob Ward was born in 1809 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the son of Caleb Ward, an artist, and the brother of Charles V. Ward, with whom he traveled to South America. In 1820, he exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design, where he continued to show his work sporadically. In the 1830s he drew illustrations for the medical texts of David Hosack, and also went into Virginia where he painted the Natural Bridge. In about 1836, he traveled West with a friend who had inherited property in Iowa. On that trip he saw the headwaters of the Mississippi and made portrait sketches of Indians and also painted Saint Anthony Falls and Fort Snelling. The New York Mirror reproduced his Soaking Mountain on the Upper Mississippi, one of the most successful pictures resulting from that trip. Ward wa... Read full biography
Jacob Caleb Ward - Artist Info
About Jacob Caleb Ward: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsThe Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990