Edward Matthew Ward
Edward Matthew Ward (born July 14, 1816 in Pimlico ( City of Westminster ), † January 15, 1879 in Windsor ) was a British painter.
Life
Ward was a student at the Royal Academy of Arts in his hometown . He later went on several study trips to Rome , Munich and Paris . Ward married in 1848 the painter Henrietta Ward (1832-1924), granddaughter of the painter James Ward . With her he had a son, Leslie Ward (1851-1922), who later became a well-known cartoonist for Vanity Fair magazine under the pseudonym Spy .
From 1852 Ward was commissioned to decorate (mainly with frescoes ) various rooms in the parliament building. In 1854 he was able to finish this work and was accepted as a member of the Royal Academy the following year . Edward Matthew Ward died on January 15, 1879 in Windsor, Berkshire, at the age of 62.
In Ward's early works, pleasing genre pieces still predominated , but these were soon abandoned in favor of history painting.
Works (selection)
- The departure of Lafleur for Montreuil
- Oliver Goldsmith , playing the flute to the peasants of the village
- Dr. Johnson in Lord Chesterfield's antechamber
- Lord Clarendon's dismissal after his last interview with Charles II.
- James II receiving news of Orange's landing
- The French royal family in the Temple prison
- Charlotte Corday on the way to the scaffold
- Riccio's murder
- The death of Charles II
- In Hogarth's studio
- Anna Boleyn on the way to the scaffold
literature
- James Dafforne: Life and works of Edward Matthew Wards . Virtue Books, London 1879.
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| SURNAME | Ward, Edward Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pimlico (London) , City of Westminster |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1879 |
| Place of death | Windsor |