biography of John Ward LOCKWOOD (1894-1963)

Birth place: Atchison, KS

Death place: Talpa, NM

Addresses: Taos, NM, 1926-39; San Francisco, CA, 1940-61

Profession: Painter, lithographer, muralist, assemblage artist, teacher

Studied: Univ. Kansas, 1912-14; PAFA, 1914-16; Acad. Ranson, Paris; Andrew Dasburg, Woodstock; Colorado Springs FAC with Boardman Robinson, summers,1932-33.

Exhibited: Salon d'Automne, Paris, 1922; S. Indp. A., 1924-25, 1927; Salons of Am., 1925; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1928-41 (5 times); PAFA Ann., 1929, 1934, 1938-39; AIC, 1931 (prize); SFMA, 1932 (prize), 1952 (prize); CPLH; Denver Art Mus., 1932; Kansas City AI, 1937 (prize); Venice Int., 1937; Nebraska AA; Calif. WCS, 1939; de Young Mus., 1950 (prize); San Fran. Art Festival, 1950 (prize); Santa Rosa, CA, 1954 (prize); Univ. Utah, 1955; San Fran. AA, 1957 (purchase prize); AGAA; BM; Cranbrook Acad.; WMAA; MMA; Weyhe Gal.; Dayton AI; Walker AC; Univ. Illinois; Wm. Rockhill Nelson Gal. (also solo); Colorado Springs FA Center; Mus. New Mexico; Lone Star PM; Dallas Mus. FA; Texas General Exh.; Mulvane Art Mus. (solo); Rehn Gal. (solo); Mus. of FA, Houston (solo); Witte Mem. Mus. (solo); St. Louis AM (solo); Wichita AM (solo); Crocker Art Gal. (solo); Univ. Texas (solo); Luyber Gal. (solo). Awards: fellowship, PAFA; Univ. Kansas, 1956 (distinguished service citation).

Member: NWMP; Am. Soc. PS&G.; Mural Painters

Work: Phillips Mem. Gal.; WMAA; PAFA; Denver Art. Mus.; CPLH; PMG; AGAA; Iowa State College; Dallas Mus. FA; Baker Univ., Wichita, KS. Murals: Colorado Springs FA Center; Fed. Court Room, Lexington, KY; WPA murals at Taos (NM) Court House & USPOs in Wichita (KS), Wash. (DC), Edinburgh (TX) & Hamilton (TX)

Comments: In 1926 he joined the Taos art colony, where he painted the local landscape in a style influenced by Dasburg and Marin. Lockwood's work became more abstract in the 1940s and he explored totemic themes. During the early 1960s he created junk assemblages. He had more than 45 solo exhibits in his career. Teaching: Univ. Texas, Austin, 1938-39; Univ. Kansas, 1957-58 (while on leave from UC Berkeley); Univ. Calif., Berkeley, 1949-61.

Sources: WW47; Eldredge, Ward Lockwood 1894-1963 (1974); Eldredge, et al., Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945, 201; Baigell, Dictionary; Falk, Exh. Record Series.