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Nr. 160 (June 1910)
DOI Artikel:Walton, William: The work of John Quincy Adams Ward, 1830-1910
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0352
The IVork of J. Q. A. Ward
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD
WASHINGTON, D. C.
The great nude figures appear again in the narrow- of General Hancock, destined for Fakmount Park,
ing corners of the tympanum, filling, adequately, Philadelphia.
these awkward spaces—tracing designs and study- Mr. Ward was elected an associate of the Na-
ing plans. tional Academy of Design in 1862, an academician
All the vast and wide-reaching interests which the following year and president of the academy in
find representation in this building seem symbo- 1874. This honorable office, that also of president
lized in this gigantic sculpture. of the National Sculpture Society and, later, honor-
For his latest works, Mr. Ward returned to the ary president of the latter, he held for many years,
theme of his first—the equestrian statue of General But he was never a believer in the building of royal
Sheridan, of which a reduced sketch model was roads to art, if such highways be possible—rather,
shown in the sculpture exhibit of the National he thought, the student should demonstrate his real
Academy display in this city, December, 1908—and ability and earn his spurs by hard blows. W. W.
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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD
WASHINGTON, D. C.
The great nude figures appear again in the narrow- of General Hancock, destined for Fakmount Park,
ing corners of the tympanum, filling, adequately, Philadelphia.
these awkward spaces—tracing designs and study- Mr. Ward was elected an associate of the Na-
ing plans. tional Academy of Design in 1862, an academician
All the vast and wide-reaching interests which the following year and president of the academy in
find representation in this building seem symbo- 1874. This honorable office, that also of president
lized in this gigantic sculpture. of the National Sculpture Society and, later, honor-
For his latest works, Mr. Ward returned to the ary president of the latter, he held for many years,
theme of his first—the equestrian statue of General But he was never a believer in the building of royal
Sheridan, of which a reduced sketch model was roads to art, if such highways be possible—rather,
shown in the sculpture exhibit of the National he thought, the student should demonstrate his real
Academy display in this city, December, 1908—and ability and earn his spurs by hard blows. W. W.
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