John Ward Lockwood (American, –1963)

Timeline

1894
Born on September 22, 1894 in Atchison, KS
1912–1914
Studied art under W. A. Griffith, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1914–1916
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1917–1919
Served in the Eighty-Ninth Division of the American Expeditionary Force
1921
After a short stint in the United States as art editor of Capper Publications, he returned to France
1921–1922
Spent the winter in Provence with fellow artist Kenneth Adams
1922
Returned to the United States and worked as a commercial artist in Kansas City, MO
1924
Married Clyde Bonebreak, who encouraged him to pursue his art career
1926
Joined the Taos artists' colony, Taos, NM
1932–1934
Taught at the Broadmoor Art Academy (later the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center) under the direction of Boardman Robinson
1938
Professor of Art, University of Texas
1942
Lockwood rejoined the United States Army as a captain and served for four years
1945
Became a full colonel in the United States Army
1947
Returned to Austin for a short time before taking a leave of absence from the University of Texas to paint in Taos
1948–1961
Taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
1961
Retired from teaching to return to Taos, NM
1963
Passed away in Taos, NM

Public Collections

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
California Palace-Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Jack S Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Jonson Gallery of University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
University of California Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Literature

1974
Charles C. Eldredge, Ward Lockwood, 1894–1963 (Lawrence: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1974)
1967
Ward Lockwood, Ward Lockwood: A Retrospective Exhibition (Austin: University of Texas Department of Art, 1967)
1940
Ward Lockwood, An Artist's Road, The Arts 33 (May 1940)
English (US)

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