John Quincy Adams Ward
John Quincy Adams Ward | |
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Born | June 29, 1830 |
Died | May 1, 1910 | (aged 79)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Sculpture |
John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, 1830 – May 1, 1910) was an American sculptor, whose most familiar work is his larger than life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City.
Early years
Ward was the fourth of eight children born to John Anderson Ward and Eleanor Macbeth in
Ward later lived with his older sister Eliza and her husband Jonathan Wheelock Thomas in
Ward set up a studio in New York City in 1861 and was elected to the National Academy of Design the following year; he was their president until 1874. In 1882, a new New York home and studio on 52nd Street was designed for him by his friend Richard Morris Hunt, who was to collaborate with him on many projects over the years.
Ward was dedicated to developing an American school of sculpture through his participation in organizations and teaching. He occasionally took on students and assistants, the most notable being Daniel Chester French, Jules Desbois, Francois J. Rey, and Charles Albert Lopez.
Ward was married three times. He married his first wife, Anna Bannan, on February 10, 1858. After her death, he married Julia Devens Valentine on June 19, 1877. Julia died during childbirth on January 31, 1879.[citation needed]
Career
Nineteenth-century American commissions for sculpture were largely confined to portrait busts and monuments, where Ward was preeminent in his generation. Sculptors also made a living selling bronze reductions of their public works; Ward made use of new
His bronze statue of The Pilgrim, a 9 feet (2.7 m) tall stylized representation of one of the
In 1902, with the collaboration of Paul Wayland Bartlett, he made the models for the marble pediment sculptures for the New York Stock Exchange. The pediment was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers.
Ward participated in numerous organizations and associations during his long career. He was a founder and president of the National Sculpture Society (1893–1905), president of the National Academy of Design (1874), and a member of the Fine Arts Federation, the Architectural League, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The American Institute of Architects, the National Arts Club, and the Century Association. He sat on the Advisory Committee of Fine Arts of the City of New York at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and on the Advisory Committee of Sculptors at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904.[14] He was one of the original members of the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and served on its executive committee until 1901,[15] as well as one of the first trustees in 1897 for the American Academy in Rome.[16]
He died at his home in New York City in 1910.[17] A copy of his Indian Hunter stands at his gravesite in Urbana,[18] and his Urbana home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[19] His sketchbooks are conserved at the Albany Institute of History & Art. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[20]
Public sculpture
- 1866 Indian Hunter, in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City
- 1867 The Good Samaritan Boston, Massachusetts
- 1868 "Matthew Perry Monument", Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island
- 1869 "Seventh Regiment Memorial", Central Park, New York City.[21] The bronze of a standing Union soldier is set on a high granite pedestal along the West Carriage Drive at 69th Street. Actor and dramatist Steele MacKaye, who served in the 7th Regiment, was its model.
- 1871 Major General John F. Reynolds Statue, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- 1872 William Shakespeare, Central Park, New York City[22]
- 1878 George Washington, Bartlet Mall, Newburyport, Massachusetts
- 1878 William Gilmore Simms, White Point Garden, Charleston, South Carolina
- 1879 Major General George Henry Thomas, Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.
- 1881 "Victory" (statue), Yorktown Victory Monument, Yorktown, Virginia
- 1881 General Daniel Morgan Monument, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- 1882 Federal Hall National Memorial, New York City
- 1883 Lafayette, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
- 1884 "The Pilgrim" (statue), Pilgrim Hill, Central Park, New York City
- 1887 James A. Garfield Monument, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
- 1891 Brooklyn, New York
- 1893 Governor Horace Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
- 1898 Equestrian statue of General Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1903 Integrity Protecting the Works of Man, pediment of the New York Stock Exchange Building, Manhattan, New York City
- 1905 Washington Park, Newark, New Jersey
- 1910 Financier August Belmont, Newport, Rhode Island
- 1916 General Phillip H. Sheridan Statue, East Capitol Park, Albany, New York(installed posthumously)
Gallery
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The Pilgrim, 1884, Central Park, New York City
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7th RegimentMonument, Central Park, New York City
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Major General John F. Reynolds Statue, Gettysburg National Military Park
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Major General George Henry Thomas, Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Statue ofFederal Hall National Memorial, New York City
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Statue ofMarquis de Lafayette, University of Vermont Green, Burlington, Vermont
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James A. Garfield Monument, United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Ether Monument, Boston Public Garden
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Ether Monument, Boston Public Garden
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Israel Putnam Statue, Bushnell Park, Hartford
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Smith Memorial Arch, Philadelphia
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Matthew Perry statue, Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island
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August Belmont statue, Newport, Rhode Island
References
- ^ Theodore Dreiser. "The Foremost of American Sculptors." The New Voice 16 (June 17, 1899), pp. 4, 5, 13.
- ^ D[aniel] O'C. Townley, "J.Q. Adams Ward." Scribner's Monthly 2 (August 1871), pp. 403-408.
- ^ Sharp, Lewis I., John Quincy Adams Ward: Dean of American Sculpture, University of Delaware Press, Newark, NJ, 1985 p. 40
- ^ Ames Sword Company history Archived March 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-87413-253-3.
- ^ Prospectus, Art Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1888-1889, no. 6 (Department of American Paintings and Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City).
- ^ Letter from C. Eliot to John Quincy Adams Ward, October 23, 1893, (Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York).
- ^ a b Walsh, Kevin (January 8, 2020). "PILGRIM HILL, Central Park". Forgotten New York. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Pilgrim: NYC Parks". Central Park Monuments. June 26, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Pilgrim Hill". www.centralpark.com. April 3, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Pilgrim Hill". Central Park Conservancy. July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4027-5833-1. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-68335-879-4.
- ^ Framed certificates at the Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York
- ^ Howe, Winifred E. (1913). A History of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 123.
- ^ "Finding Aid". American Academy in Rome records, 1855-[ca.1981], (bulk dates 1894-1946). Archives of American Art. 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ American Art Annual, Volume 8. MacMillan Company. 1911. p. 402.
- ^ Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "John Quincy Adams Ward". Olympedia. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ The bronze is signed J.Q.A. WARD 1869
- ^ "William Shakespeare statue". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. February 12, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2008.
- ISBN 141658997Xpp.187-188
Further reading
- Adams, Adeline. J. Q. A. Ward, An Appreciation (New York, 1911)
- Adams, Adeline. John Quincy Adams Ward (New York, 1912)
- Durante, Dianne. Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide (New York University Press, 2007): description and discussion of Ward's Washington, Greeley, Holley, Conkling, Dodge, and Shakespeare, all in New York, with a list of Ward's other works in the five boroughs.
- Sharp, Lewis I. John Quincy Adams Ward, dean of American sculpture: with a catalogue raisonné. (Newark: University of Delaware, 1985)
- Sharp, Lewis I. New York City Public Sculpture: By 19th-Century American Artists (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974) page 12
- Taft, Lorado, History of American Sculpture (New York, 1905)
External links
- Works by or about John Quincy Adams Ward at Internet Archive
- Art and the empire city: New York, 1825-1861, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on John Quincy Adams Ward (see index)
- Ohio University, J.Q.A. Ward collection Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine Photographs of his studio, works, friends, etc. Correspondence etc. (pdf file)
- Ohio historical markers
- Albany Institute of History & Art
- Letters to and from John Quincy Adams Ward