Edmund Franklin Ward

Edmund F. Ward
Birth name Edmund Franklin Ward
Born January 3, 1892(1892-01-03)
White Plains, New York, United States
Died December 14, 1990(1990-12-14) (aged 98)
Nationality American
Field Illustration, painting

Edmund F. Ward (January 3, 1892 – December 14, 1990)[1] illustrated for the Saturday Evening Post and did his first illustrations for the magazine before turning age 20. He had a successful career as an illustrator of works that ranged in style and subject matter from dark tonalist in oils to humorous in wash and watercolor. For many years he illustrated the Alexander Botts and Assistant District Attorney Doowinkle stories for the Saturday Evening Post.[2]

Ward studied at the Art Students League in the same class with Norman Rockwell. The two students became friends, and shared a studio in the attic of a Manhattan brownstone.[3] Among his teachers were Edward Dufner, George Bridgman and Thomas Fogarty. He spent his professional career in White Plains, where he painted a mural for the Federal Building. He was a longtime member of the Salmagundi Club, the Guild of Free Lance Artists, and was a member of the Society of Illustrators.[4]

Ward lived at 67 Heatherbloom Road in White Plains, NY

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References

  1. ^ "Social Security Death Index for Edmund F. Ward". https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/33BZ-5MM/p1. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
  2. ^ "AskArt Edmund Ward". AskArt.com. http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=20565. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
  3. ^ Rockwell, Norman. My Adventures as an Illustrator, 70. Abrams, 1988
  4. ^ Reed, Walt and Roger (1984). The Illustrator in American 1880-1980. Society of Illustrators. p. 201.