John Stanton Ward, RA
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Biography
John Stanton Ward CBE, RA (1917 – 2007) is best known as a portrait painter, whose subjects included members of the Royal Family and leading public figures. He was also a landscape artist and a prolific illustrator. Born in Hereford, he studied at the Royal College of Art and served in the Royal Engineers in the Second World War, designing pillboxes along the Kent coast. He regularly exhibited at Agnew’s and the Maas Gallery. Ward gave watercolour lessons to The King.
His work can be seen in the Royal Collection, The National Portrait Gallery in London and other public collections.
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National Portrait Gallery
