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American. Known for. Sculpture. John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, 1830 – May 1, 1910) was an American sculptor, whose most familiar work is his larger than life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City .
John Quincy Adams Ward (29 de junio de 1830 – 1 de mayo de 1910) fue un escultor estadounidense cuyo trabajo más conocido en la estatua de George Washington que se alza en la escalinata del Federal Hall en Nueva York.
The Indian Hunter. John Quincy Adams Ward American. 1860, cast by 1883. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 761. With his statuette of a Native American youth and his dog, Ward answered the call for sculpture modeled by home-based, rather than expatriate, artists in a realist style.
Provenance. Title: The Freedman. Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York) Founder: Cast by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company (ca. 1882–1926) Date: 1863, cast 1891. Culture: American. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (49.5 x 37.5 x 24.8 cm)
John Q. A. Ward. Born. Urbana, Ohio, United States. Died. New York, New York, United States. Nationalities. American. Exhibitions. Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture. May 14, 2021– July 11, 2021. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
In the fall of 1862, shortly after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, John Quincy Adams Ward began modeling The Freedman. A supporter of abolitionism, the sculptor employed a classically inspired vocabulary to sensitively portray a Black male figure, a broken shackle on his wrist.
Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York) Date: ca. 1859. Culture: American. Medium: Painted plaster. Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (41 x 26.7 x 38.7 cm) Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift and funds from various donors, 2023. Accession Number: 2023.245
