John Quincy Adams Ward

John Quincy Adams Ward 1830-1910, American sculptor, b. Urbana, Ohio. He was trained under H. K. Brown, whom he assisted in the execution of the equestrian statue of George Washington in New York City. His Indian Hunter (1864) was the first of many works for Central Park, New York City. His later commissions were for portrait statues and monuments. These include the equestrian statue of General Thomas, the Garfield monument, and General Sherman, Washington, D.C.; Lafayette, Burlington, Vt.; George Washington, in front of the Subtreasury, and Horace Greeley, New York. In 1903, with the collaboration of P. W. Bartlett, he made the pediment sculptures for the New York Stock Exchange. His work is marked by liveliness and strength. He was a founder and president of the National Sculpture Society (1893-1904) and president of the National Academy of Design (1874). His brother Edgar Melville Ward, 1839-1915, was a genre painter; his Coppersmith is housed in the Metropolitan Museum.

Bibliography: See A. Adams, John Quincy Adams Ward (1912).

Ward, John Quincy Adams (b nr. Urbana, Oh., 29 June 1830; d New York, 1 May 1910). American sculptor, active mainly in New York. He was the most prolific sculptor of public monuments of his period, working until the end of his long life. His portrait statues, equestrian figures, allegorical groups, war memorials, and architectural decorations have solid dignity but none of the genius of his contemporary Saint-Gaudens. The statue of Henry Ward Beecher (1891) in Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, is often cited as his finest work.

Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830–1910). American sculptor, active mainly in New York. He was the most prolific sculptor of public monuments of his period, working until the end of his long life. His portrait statues, equestrian figures, allegorical groups, war memorials, and architectural decorations have solid dignity but none of the genius of his contemporary Saint-Gaudens.