Edward Ward ( born Edward Matthew Ward ; 1816 - 1879 ) is an English Victorian artist known for his frescoes in the Palace of Westminster, depicting episodes in the history of Great Britain from the English to the Glorious Revolution. [2]
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| Date of Birth | July 14, 1816 |
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| Date of death | January 15, 1879 (62 years old) |
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| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
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Biography
He was born on July 14, 1816 in the London area of ββPimlico.
Already in his youth, he created illustrations for the famous book Rejected Addresses , written by his uncle, James Smith . He also created illustrations for the Washington Irving newspaper. In 1830, he received the Silver Palette Award from the Royal Society of Arts . With the support of David Wilkie and Francis Chantry, he became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1836, Ward went to Rome , where in 1838 he won the silver medal of the Academy of St. Luke for his work Cimabue and Giotto , which was exhibited at the Royal Academy the following year.
While still at the academy, Ward became a member of the Klika group of artists led by Richard Dadd . Like other members of this association, Ward considered himself a follower of Hogarth and Wilkie - many of his early paintings of the XVIII century were in the style of Hogarth. In the same time period, he wrote, under the influence of his friend, the historian Thomas Macaulay , episodes from the history of England in the 17th century . He also created paintings from the history of the French Revolution . In 1843, he participated in a painting competition at the Palace of Westminster, but did not become a prize winner.
In the 1850s, Ward came into conflict with the Pre-Raphaelites , especially with John Millet . Ward's painting Charlotte Corday defeated the Ophelia painting for the prize in Liverpool, causing much controversy in its time. Although Ward did not win a prize at the Westminster Palace at one time, he was tasked with writing eight scenes in the corridor leading to the House of Commons .
Ward continued to work throughout the 1860s. But in the late 1870s he began to suffer from serious illness and depression. January 10, 1879 he was found in a delirious state on the floor of his dressing room with a razor cut throat. He died on January 15, 1879 in his house in Windsor. The investigation determined that he committed suicide at the time of temporary insanity.
Family
In 1843, Edward Ward met 11-year-old Henrietta Ward , who has the same surname. They married secretly in May 1848, after the escape, which they organized by a friend of Edward Wilkie Collins , who later laid the foundation of his novel Basil . Henriettaβs mother never forgave her daughterβs flight and deprived her of an inheritance.
Henrietta also became a successful artist, and after the death of her husband - a famous art teacher. She wrote two books of autobiographical memoirs about their life together.
Their son Leslie Ward became a popular cartoonist.
Notes
- β German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1057765996 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012β2016.
- β Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879), History painter (English)