Brandywine Museum of Art
One Hoffmans Mill Road
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
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Museums page for William James Aylward ((1875 - 1956)), known for Marine genre and ship painting, combat illustration. Showing 7 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1875 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1956 Bath, New York. Known for: Marine genre and ship painting, combat illustration.
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League in New York, he studied at Howard Pyle's Wilmington, Delaware school of illustration. There he learned to combine his two great passions, painting... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League in New York, he studied at Howard Pyle's Wilmington, Delaware school of illustration. There he learned to combine his two great passions, painting and the sea. He illustrated magazine stories for Harper's and Scribner's written by himself and others, including sea stories by Jack London and Joseph Conrad, and an edition of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Aylward knew the... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League in New York, he studied at Howard Pyle's Wilmington, Delaware school of illustration. There he learned to combine his two great passions, painting and the sea. He illustrated magazine stories for Harper's and Scribner's written by himself and others, including sea stories by Jack London and Joseph Conrad, and an edition of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Aylward knew the sea as few artists do. He went to sea in 1905, a sixteen-month voyage on steamers and sailing ships that took h... Read full biography
William James Aylward - Artist Info
About William James Aylward: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsDelaware Art Museum
2301 Kentmere Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19806Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Museum of Wisconsin Art
300 South Sixth Avenue
West Bend, WI 53095Navy Art Collection, Navy Historical Center
805 Kidder Breese Street Se, Bldg 67
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC 20374-5060Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Square
Salem, MA 01970The National Museum of American Illustration
Vernon Court
492 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840