Hilda Ward
Hilda Ward (1878–1950) American Expressionist painter and author. She studied with Robert Henri and exhibited in the 1910 New York Exhibition of Independent Artists and the 1913 Armory Show. Ward also wrote A Girl and the Motor.
Also recorded as Hilda Jeannette Ward
Hilda Ward
Ward, Hilda 1878-1950 · Henri, Robert (May 1910). "The New York Exhibition of Independent Artists". The craftsman 18 (2): 160–172. http: entity=DLDecArts.h · Public domain
- Name
- Hilda Ward
- Birthplace
- Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
- Died
- 1950
- Place of death
- New York, New York, U.S.
- Field
- Painting
- Born
- 1878 · Annapolis.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · artist · motorist
- Teachers
- Robert Henri
- Languages
- English
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Hilda Ward (1878–1950) American Expressionist painter and author. She studied with Robert Henri and exhibited in the 1910 New York Exhibition of Independent Artists and the 1913 Armory Show. Ward also wrote A Girl and the Motor.
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Hilda Ward (1878–1950) was an artist, motorist and painter, of American nationality. The artist was born in Annapolis and died in New York City. Activity centred on painting. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Hilda Ward • Birthplace — Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. • Died — 1950 • Place of death — New York, New York, U.S. • Field — Painting
Early life
Early life
Hilda Ward was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the daughter of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward. Ward studied in New York City with Robert Henri. Her friends included William Glackens and John French Sloan.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Hilda Ward, The Hound, 1910 • Illustration — Hilda Ward, The Tenant's Dog, 1910 Ward exhibited at the 1910 New York Exhibition of Independent Artists, showing The Tenant's Dog. Ward was also one of the artists who exhibited at the Armory Show of 1913. The show included two of her pieces, The Hound and The Kennels, one of which was a pastel and the other a drawing. Ward was the author of a 1908 book entitled A Girl and the Motor, which chronicled her experiences as a woman driver and mechanic during the early years of the Automobile Age. She was, upon occasion, to include automobiles in the paintings.
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Ward lived in Roslyn, Long Island. She died in 1950.
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- 1.James Schuyler. Selected Art Writings. David R. Godine Publisher. 100. 1998. 978-1-57423-076-5.
- 2.Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985. .
- 3.Henri, Robert. The New York Exhibition of Independent Artists. The Craftsman. 18. 2. 160–172. May 1910.
- 4.Brown, Milton W., The Story of the Armory Show, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, p. 298.
- 5.Georgine Clarsen. Eat My Dust: Early Women Motorists. JHU Press. 15–17. 1 September 2011. 978-1-4214-0514-8.
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