About Hilda Ward
Lived 1878 – 1950 (aged 71–72). Hilda Ward was an American painter, artist and motorist.
Hilda Ward (1878–1950) American Expressionist painter and author. She studied with Robert Henri and exhibited in the 1910 New York Exhibition of Independent Artists and the 1913 Armory Show. Ward also wrote A Girl and the Motor.
Early life Hilda Ward was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the daughter of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward.
Ward studied in New York City with Robert Henri. Her friends included William Glackens and John French Sloan. Ward was also one of the artists who exhibited at the Armory Show of 1913. The show included two of her pieces, The Hound and The Kennels, one of which was a pastel and the other a drawing. She was, upon occasion, to include automobiles in the paintings.
Personal life Ward lived in Roslyn, Long Island. She died in 1950.
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American painter
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Hilda Ward was born in 1878 in Annapolis.
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Hilda Ward died in 1950 in New York City.
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Hilda Ward was a painter, artist and motorist.
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