CHARLES DANIEL WARD 1872-1935 LANGSTONE HARBOUR PORTSMOUTH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR 19^TH / 20^TH CENTURY

Charles Daniel Ward original watercolour of Langston harbour, Portsmouth. Circ. Late 19^th early 20^th century.

On Whatman sketch board.

Charles Daniel Ward was a distinguished British academic painter who lived from 1872 to 1935, leaving behind a body of work defined by its elegant portraits, evocative landscapes, and complex allegorical scenes. Born in Taunton, Somerset, he received his formal education at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, where he developed a refined style that blended meticulous realism with the symbolic sensibilities of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Through-out his professional life, Ward was a prominent figure in the London art scene, maintaining a long-standing residence in Chelsea before eventually settling in Blewbury, Berkshire.

His standing in the artistic community was cemented in 1913 when he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. His personal life was also deeply intertwined with the arts through his marriage to Charlotte Blakeney Ward, an accomplished painter of miniatures and portraits in her own right. Ward’s exhibition history reflects a career of consistent success and institutional recognition. He was a regular contributor to the Royal Academy for over three decades, exhibiting there between 1898 and 1932. It was at the Royal Academy in 1905 that he debuted "The Progress of Spring," an ambitious allegorical work inspired by Virgil’s Georgics that remains one of his most celebrated achievements. Beyond the Academy, his work was frequently featured at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the London Salon, and the New English Art Club. Today, his legacy is preserved in several notable public and institutional collections. The Dahesh Museum of Art in New York holds his masterpiece, "The Progress of Spring," while other works are housed at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry and the Musgrove Park Hospital in his hometown of Taunton.

Good overall condition, surface marks, old mount lines, signed lower left, inscribed verso, Langstone Harbour, Portsmouth. Requires a light clean, mount and framing.

The work is undated.

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Size – 7 ¼ inch (Height)

Size – Whatman Sketch Board (Width)

Size – 10 ½ inch (Length)

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