Bernard Evans Ward

Bernard Evans Ward (1857Wood.] – August 3, 1933New York Times, August 5, 1933.] American Art Directory, 1933.] ) was a British painter who emigrated to the United States.

Born in London, Ward was a renowned painter of the Victorian era who won a gold medal for some of his works exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists. After a lawsuit had cost him his fortune,Family account.] he emigrated to the United States, where he lived in 1913 near Cleveland, Ohio, where his daughter was a reporter for a London newspaper, possibly the "Illustrated London News". Ward quickly made himself a name as a portraitist in his new hometown. In the early 1920s, the family lived for some time in Florida,Family account, corroborated by Torchia.] before returning to Akron, Ohio, where Bernard Evans Ward died at the age of 76 in his granddaughter's house.

References

Sources

*R.R. Bowker Company, American Federation of Arts: "American Art Directory", 1933.
*New York Times: [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E17F83E5D15738DDDAC0894D0405B838FF1D3 Death notice] , August 5, 1933. URL last accessed September 10, 2008.
*Torchia, R. W.: " [http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa288c.htm Lost Colony: The Artists of St. Augustine, 1930-1950] ", Lightner Museum, Saint Augustine, Florida; October 2001. ISBN 0-97-13560-0-9. URL last accessed September 10, 2008.
*Wood, Christopher "et al." (eds.): "Dictionary of Victorian painters" (Dictionary of British Artists, vol IV), Woodbridge, 1991.
* [http://czolgosz.livejournal.com/10879.html An account from a member of the family] . URL last accessed September 10, 2008.

Further reading

*Falk, "Who's Who in American Art", 1985.
*Johnson, "Works exhibited at the Royal Society of British artists 1824-93 and at the New English Art Club 1888-1917," Woodbridge 1975.