Edmund Franklin Ward (January 3, 1892 – December 14, 1990) was an American illustrator who illustrated for the '' Saturday Evening Post'' and did his first illustrations for the magazine before turning age 20. He had a successful career as an illustrator of works that ranged in style and subject matter from dark tonalist in oils to humorous in wash and watercolor. For many years he illustrated the Alexander Botts and Assistant District Attorney Doowinkle stories for the ''Saturday Evening Post''. Ward studied at the Art Students League in the same class with

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. The two students became friends, and shared a studio in the attic of a Manhattan brownstone. Among his teachers were Edward Dufner, George Bridgman and Thomas Fogarty. He later moved to the Manhattan suburb of

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, a well known

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and home to many of the top commercial illustrators of the day including friend Norman Rockwell. At the time more than fifty percent of the illustrations in the country’s leading publications were done by artists from New Rochelle. He spent his professional career in White Plains, where he painted a mural for the Federal Building. He was a longtime member of the

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, the Guild of Free Lance Artists, and was a member of the

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Gallery

File:The Lost Emblem by Edmund F. Ward 1917.jpg, ''The Lost Emblem, Woman's Home Companion magazine story illustration August 4, 1917'' (1917) Oil on board, 13 inch. by 26 inch. File:EF Ward Wagon Scene 1921.jpg, ''The Prairie Child, story illustration'' (1921) Oil on board, 24 inch. by 34.25 inch. File:Immediate Jewel Part III, story illustration.jpg, ''Immediate Jewel Part III, Story Illustration'' (1920) Oil on board, 29.5 inch. by 16.5 inch. File:The Engagement Ward.jpg, ''The Engagement'' (1921) Oil on board, 28 inch. x 39.5 inch. File:Egyptian Scene.jpg, ''Egyptian Scene'' (1923) Oil on board. 23 inch. by 44 inch.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Edmund 1892 births 1990 deaths Artists from New Rochelle, New York American magazine illustrators