Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
American, 1892-1990
Edmund Franklin Ward (1892-1990) was an accomplished painter, visual storyteller, and exceptional draughtsman who enjoyed a successful career as an illustrator. His art ranged in style and subject matter from dark tonalist in oils to humorous in wash and watercolor. Born in White Plains, New York, Ward began his career before turning age twenty with The Saturday Evening Post and continued to work for the publication for many years, illustrating the “Alexander Botts” and “Assistant District Attorney Doowinkle” stories.
A contemporary of Norman Rockwell, Ward studied at the Art Students League under teachers Thomas Fogarty, Edward Dufner, and George Bridgman. As young artists, he and Rockwell shared a studio together in the attic of a Manhattan brownstone. He later moved to the Manhattan suburb of New Rochelle, a well-known artist colony which, at the time, was the home of many of the top commercial illustrators of the day, including his friend, Norman Rockwell. Rockwell included experiences he and Ward shared in his autobiography, My Adventures as an Illustrator.
His emotional, richly detailed art earned Ward recognition as a talented visual storyteller. Besides The Saturday Evening Post, publications featuring his illustrations included Youth’s Companion, Liberty, Ladies’ Home Journal, Redbook, Pictorial Review, McCall’s, Country Home, Country Gentleman, Woman’s Home Companion, and American Collier’s. Ward spent his illustration career in White Plains where he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Federal Building. Among his professional affiliations were the Salmagundi Club, the Guild of Freelance Artists, and the Society of Illustrators.to
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Artist: Edmund Ward
Ruckus, Story Illustration
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940s
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 34.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Ruckus, Story Illustration
Category
1940s Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eyes of Love: Bachelor Party, Pictorial Review, October 1921
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Sight Size 34.50" x 28.00;" Framed 39.50" x 32.50"
Eyes of Love: Bachelor Party, Pictorial Review, October 1921
Category
1920s Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Caught in the Act
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned, stamped "The estate of/ EDMUND F. WARD" on the stretcher, with a partial
composition on the reverse.
Provenance: Through the artists estate
Category
20th Century Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boys Dancing
By Edmund Ward
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
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Early 20th Century Tonalist Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Muhammed Ali
By Edmund Ward
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
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1970s Tonalist Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Edmund Ward
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Detente
By Edmund Ward
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
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Early 20th Century Tonalist Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Medieval Fight Scene, 1926
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Medieval Fight Scene by Edmund Franklin Ward, from 1926.
Category
1920s Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Satyrs
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Edmund F. Ward estate stamp on verso
Category
1930s Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
In Evening Bells, Front Book Cover
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1920s Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
In Evening Bells, Back Book Cover
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1923
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions 24.50" x 25.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1920s Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"I can
t take the money for it" Red Book illustration
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “The Immediate Jewel” by Ben Ames Williams for The Red Book Magazine, published January 1921, page 72.
The full caption reads: “No, no, I can’t. You mustn’t. ...
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1920s Edmund Ward Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
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