Edgar Melville Ward

American painter (1839–1915)

Edgar Melville Ward (1839–1915) was an American genre painter.

Ward was born in Urbana, Ohio. His elder brother was the sculptor, John Quincy Adams Ward. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and in Paris under Cabanel. In 1883 he became a member of the Institut de France and was made a professor there. His paintings which are soundly realistic in execution, include Breton Washwomen (Au lavoir. - Souvenir du Finistère, 1876 salon de Paris) and The Sabot Maker (Le sabotier, 1876 salon de Paris);^[1] The Collar Shop and The Quilting Party (1892); and The Coppersmith (Metropolitan Museum, New York).

His atelier in Paris was located on n° 13, impasse Sainte-Elisabeth in the 14e arrondissement. The street was renamed rue Boissonade in 1875/1876.^[2] The house n° 13, rue Boissonade changed into n° 36 in 1935.

Gallery

The Gunsmith Shop
The Blockmaker
The Coppersmith

References

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^ Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture… des artistes vivants, exposés au palais des Champs-Elysées le 1er mai 1876, Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 1876, p. 254.
^ Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture… des artistes vivants, exposés au palais des Champs-Elysées le 12 mai 1879, Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 1879, p. 250.