WARD, Thomas William (Bill)

1918 - 2000

Thomas William Ward was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire on 8 November 1918, son of John Bertie Ward (31 May 1878-1951), a printer compositor, and his wife Lillie Brenda née Hunt (11 July 1881-1972), who married at Sheffield in 1905. 'Bill' Ward served at sea in the late 1930s, during which time he studied art at Buenos Aires, but studied part-time with Eric Jones (1904-1962) at Sheffield College of Art 1937-1939. After service during the Second World War, Bill continued his studies at the Royal College of Art 1946-1950, winning a silver medal in 1949. He married at Kensington, London in 1949, sculptor Joan Ward née Palmer. He taught at Harrow College of Higher Education 1950-1980, finally as principal lecturer, then retired to Suffolk in 1980. Elected a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in 1953 and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1957. Included in 'A Survey of Influential East Anglian Artists' at Chappel Galleries, Essex in 1995 and had a solo exhibition there in the same year. A founder member of the Suffolk Group of Artists also exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1948 and at public galleries in Liverpool, Shipley, Middlesbrough and Wakefield. President of the Ipswich Art Club 1986-1992 and was a regular exhibitor from Hollydene, Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich including in 1990, four works 'Holy Island Refuge', 'Waiting for the Spring Tide', 'The Ghost of Margaret Catchpole' and 'Speedwell' and was also a founding member of the Suffolk Group of Artists. He illustrated several sailing books including the 'Merchant Sailing Ships' series and produced 'Perspective and Composition' 1988. Thomas William Ward died at Holbrook on 1 August 2000.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 9 Nevern Street, Southwest London
1948 1025 Jollity Ride - pen & wash
         1077 Hammersmith Turnout - etching
         1112 Opencast - etching
1949 1068 Passing of Aunt Eliza - etching
         1104 The Crane - etching
         1105 Interval - etching
from 4 Hazlitt Road, West London
1950 1111 The Mayor of Sevreuse - etching
         1120 Evensong - etching
1951 934 Hillside Madonna - etching
         989 Street Corner Gladiators - etching
1952 860 Across the Street - gouache
         974 Stately Gents - watercolour
1953 1011 The Only Child - etching
1954 1106 Swing High, Swing Low - etching
from 15 Edith Road, West London
1955 1041 The Street - etching
         1103 Drying Nets - etching
         1109 Cut Hedge - etching
1956 1072 The Net - etching & aquatint
         1116 Neepsend - etching & dry point
1957 1169 The Three Brothers - etching
         1173 Eype Valley - etching
         1208 Susan Joan Drawing - etching
from 248a King Street, West London
1958 1130 The Wreck - etching & aquatint
         1142 The Loom - etching & aquatint
         1144 Hulk at Crow Point - etching & aquatint
1959 1177
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         1180
1960 1215 The Ship - etching & aquatint
         1228 Street in Fontainbleau - etching & aquatint
         1231 Hammersmith Broadway - etching
1961 970 One-way Street - watercolour
1963 1063 Subway No. 2 - etching & aquatint
         1068 Subway No. 1 - etching & aquatint
         1110 Wandsworth Plant - etching & aquatint
1964 828 1128 The Subway - watercolour
         1340 Paradise Beach - etching & dry point
from 20 The Grove, Ealing, West London
1965 1128 The Subway - watercolour
         1340 Paradise Beach - etching & dry point
1967 124 Chapel at Corfe – watercolour
         832 The Golden Age - colour print
         1055 Pinche's Tree - chalk
1969 220 Bob Anderson's Fish – watercolour
         1218 Amber Queen - chalk
         1219 Ploughs - chalk
1970 512 Memorial to an Inshore Fisherman – watercolour
         655 Orcadia - chalk
1972 197 Low Tide - charcoal
         231 Derelict - chalk
1975 663 Holbrook Creek - watercolour
1976 709 Ship Aground - chalk
         711 Skiff in Noust - watercolour
from Hollydene, Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich
1982 229 Merchant Adventurer – watercolour
1983 258 Maritime Event - chalk
         301 The Blue Cover – watercolour
1985 873 Mr Gunn’s Coracle – watercolour
1107 Elephant of Takorade – chalk
1117 Drifter’s Refit - chalk

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Works by This Artist