Ward Lockwood (1894-1963)

Born 1894 in Atchison, Kansas; died in Taos, New Mexico in 1963. Taos painter, illustrator, printmaker and teacher. Lockwood studied at the University of Kansas in 1912-14, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 1914-16 and in Paris at Academie Ranson. A friend of Kenneth Adams, Lockwood was drawn to Taos in 1926 because it was inexpensive to live. He was considered a follower of Dasburg in his simplified landscapes. He worked with John Marin during Marin’s visits in 1929 and 1930. Lockwood spent the summers of 1932-33 at Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado with Boardman Robinson.

            During the Depression, Lockwood painted government sponsored murals in New Mexico. He was professor of Art at the University of New Mexico in 1936-37, professor of Art at University of Texas in 1938-1949 and at University of California at Berkeley in 1949-61.

 Lockwood was a regionalist of New Mexico scenes and his work became increasingly abstract. Ward Lockwood’s work has been in more than forty-five one person shows.