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Hugh Ward

Hugh J. Ward (1909 - 1945) was active/lived in New York.  Hugh Ward is known for Illustrator, pulp action, females.

Hugh J. Ward is primarily known for the "Spicy" cover art he did for pulp magazines. His paintings for these covers almost always portrayed a beautiful woman (often modeled by his lovely wife Viola) fleeing for her life from a thug or some fiendish monster or another, sometimes in little more than her under garments!

Ward was born Hugh Joseph Ward (commonly referred to as H. J. Ward) on March 8, 1909 in South Philadelphia, the youngest of eight children. He attended the Philadelphia College of Art. In the early 1930s he started a career doing cover art for pulp magazines most notably "the Spicy Pulps." These magazines covers depicted the usual genres of Detective, Horror, Mystery, Science-Fiction, Western, etc.

The original paintings that were done for these covers are primarily in oil on stretched canvas usually 24" x 30". Ward's prolific life was cut short. On February 7,1945 he was to pass away at the young age of thirty-six leaving behind a young family to bare the l   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1035 characters.]  Artist bio

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The Evil Flame, Spicy Mystery Stories pulp cover, August 1936

Hugh Ward

Lot 78330
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Death's Diary, Spicy Mystery Stories pulp magazine cover, May 1936 , 1935

Hugh Ward

Lot 71039
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Undercover Man, Private Detective magazine cover, April 1942

Hugh Ward

Lot 71171
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Mrs. Big, Super Detective pulp cover , Apr-42

Hugh Ward

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Mr. Oo, Private Detective Stories , 1941

Hugh Ward

Lot 71090
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Spicy Adventure Stories cover , 1937

Hugh Ward

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