JOHN WARD ; Painter of exceptional ability The Independent - London | June 16, 2007| | Copyright 2007 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

John Ward was a painter and draughtsman of exceptional ability, whose work has an enduring appeal for anyone interested in the poetry of the everyday. He is perhaps best known as a portrait painter. The National Portrait Gallery holds 15 examples of his work, including a poignant watercolour of Walter de la Mare from 1956, and a beautiful and sensitive oil of the Princess Royal (1987- 88). Between portraits he travelled and painted landscape and architecture in watercolour.

He referred to book illustration as his recreation, a typically unassuming comment from a man whose drawings for Laurie ...

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