Edgar Melville Ward (1839–1915) was an American genre painter. Ward was born in

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. His elder brother was the sculptor,

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. He studied at the

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and in

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under

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. In 1883 he became a member of the

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and was made a

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there. His paintings which are soundly realistic in execution, include ''Breton Washwomen'' (''Au lavoir. - Souvenir du Finistère'', 1876 salon de Paris) and ''The Sabot Maker'' (''Le sabotier'', 1876 salon de Paris); ''The Collar Shop'' and ''The Quilting Party'' (1892); and ''The Coppersmith'' (

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, New York). His atelier in Paris was located on n° 13, impasse Sainte-Elisabeth in the 14e arrondissement. The street was renamed rue Boissonade in 1875/1876.
Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture… des artistes vivants, exposés au palais des Champs-Elysées le 12 mai 1879
', Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 1879, . The house n° 13, rue Boissonade changed into n° 36 in 1935.

Gallery

File:Edgar Melville Ward - The Gunsmith Shop - 95.283 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, ''The Gunsmith Shop'' File:Edgar Melville Ward - The Blockmaker - 1912.2.1 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, ''The Blockmaker'' File:The Coppersmith MET ap00.6.jpg, ''The Coppersmith''

References

* American genre painters People from Urbana, Ohio 1839 births 1915 deaths 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists National Academy of Design alumni Painters from Ohio 19th-century American male artists {{US-painter-stub