Edgar Melville Ward is one of the most famous society painters of the 19th century. His family, although living in Ohio in the country, was artistically very talented. His older brother, John Quincy Adams Ward became a famous sculptor. Ward studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City. France had always fascinated him and so he studied at the renowned Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He spent 6 years there and spent the summers in Britain. These experiences shaped his unmistakable style. The French government admired his work and commissioned him to paint a painting in the name of the nation. He was appointed professor at the Institut de France. He also became professor at the National Academy of Design in New York, whose director he later became. Some of his works are in the famous Metropolitan Museum in New York.
He depicts craftsmen at work, as if the viewer is looking through a window or door into the workshop. Everyone who sees these pictures feels taken back to that time and immediately gets a very good impression of the daily work of the respective craftsman. But Ward has also made a good name for himself as a historical painter. Some of his paintings show excerpts from the last period of Marie Antoinette's life. In addition, works about the Queen of England and Alice Lisle are also part of his work. His paintings become expressive through the facial expressions and the facial expressions and gestures of the persons. Also light and shadow and details are not neglected.
His fame was gained through his work in France. He had thus managed to obtain a government contract. Thus he also gained more and more fame in America. His pictures show above all personalities of the world at that time. This also contributed to his great success. In America, however, his craft representations are much more popular. Ward became much older than many of his contemporaries and had a good life. His two professorships contributed to this. As a director he earned again so well.
"The Coppersmith" is hanging in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The Quilting Party, Juliet in the cell of the monk Lawrence, The separation of Mary Antoinette from her son, The Queen of England visits the tomb of Napoleon I, The Crown is offered to William and Mary, The arrest of Alice Lisle, Highgate Fields during the great fire of London are just some of the highlights of his work. Ward was a master of portraying human emotions and the society of his time. Most of his works are in the Metropolitan Museum in New York and have not lost any of their expressiveness to this day.
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.jpg "The Last Parting of Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Edgar Melville Ward")
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.jpg "The Orphan of the Temple, Marie Therese, Daughter of Louis XVI, Sketching the Tower of her Prison from the Garden, Paris, 1795 by Edgar Melville Ward")
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