John Ward Lockwood

(American, 1894–1963)

butterflies by john ward lockwood

John Ward Lockwood

Butterflies

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composition in red by john ward lockwood

John Ward Lockwood

Composition in Red

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rainbow bridge by john ward lockwood

John Ward Lockwood

Rainbow Bridge

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untitled, new mexico landscape by john ward lockwood

John Ward Lockwood

Untitled, New Mexico Landscape, 1959

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convolutions by john ward lockwood

John Ward Lockwood

Convolutions, 1957

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southwest no. 3 kachina by john ward lockwood

John Ward Lockwood

Southwest No. 3 Kachina

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Biography

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 - 1922
Spent the winter in Provence with fellow artist Kenneth Adams
1921
After a short stint in the United States as art editor of Capper Publications, he returned to France
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

Public Collections

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS

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)