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Velox Benjamin Ward

Velox Benjamin Ward (Born 1901) was active/lived in Texas.  Velox Ward is known for Naive rural genre-views.

Velox Benjamin Ward was born in Texas on December 21, 1901 to "Fred" Frederick Bowers Ward and Laura Carrington. Velox Benjamin Ward married Jessie Bain Howell and had 3 children. He passed away on December 19, 1994 in Texas, USA.

In some ways Velox Ward is Texas's answer to Grandma Moses. He began his first painting at the age of sixty. Within several years Ward was recognized as a major creative contributor to the genre of 'folk art' or 'primitivism'. Today such major institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, include examples of Ward's art in their permanent collections.   ...  [Displaying 675 of 1306 characters.]  Artist bio

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6 Book References for Velox Benjamin Ward
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Rosenak, Chuck and Jan Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists 416 Yes
1974 Frankenstein, Alfred Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water An Exhibition of American & Canadian Art
(Exhibition catalog)
63 Yes
1972 Amon Carter Museum Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972 600 No
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