Edwin Arthur Ward

Edwin Arthur Ward
Edwin Arthur Ward
Born	1859; Basford, Nottingham, England
Died	1933 (aged 73–74); Dorset, England
Occupation	Artist

Edwin Arthur Ward (1859–1933) was a British artist who established himself in London as a society portrait painter.^[1] Ward was born in Basford in Nottingham and moved to London at the age of 19.^[2] Between 1884 and 1903 he was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London.^[1] He also exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists and elsewhere.^[1] In 1891 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.^[2] One of his daughters, Nora England also became an artist.^[3] Ward died in Dorset and Nottingham Castle Museum holds examples of his paintings.^[2]

Examples of work

Portrait of Thomas Bescoby (1890) - Retford Town Hall

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0-902028-72-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brian Stewart; Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
^ Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.

External links

15 artworks by or after Edwin Arthur Ward at the Art UK site

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[CWood-1] Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0-902028-72-3.

[S&C-2] Brian Stewart; Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.

[SG2019-3] Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.

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