Leslie Moffat Ward RE SGA
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Leslie Moffatt Ward was born in Worcester on 2nd April 1888 and moved to Bournemouth in childhood. His life in Bournemouth began when his parents moved to the town in 1895, to open a drapery business. Ward's mother came from a nautical family in Weymouth, which may explain their move back to the South Coast, and hence Ward's lifelong attachment to seaports and shipping.
Ward lived for the rest of his life in Bournemouth and received much of the inspiration for his work from this neighbourhood. A painter, etcher and lithographer, mostly of English landscapes but also of architectural subjects, he is perhaps best known for his studies of the docks, warehouses and landscapes of the area around Poole, and for this reason his name is always associated with Dorset. However, he also specialised in the landscapes of Southern England, and was a significant painter of the human form.
He began his art training by winning a scholarship at the Drummond Road Art School, where he received a thorough grounding in elementary art subjects under the headmaster, A Lister Lobley. He subsequently went on to teach there, and Lister Lobley was a to prove a great influence on his own methods and style of teaching, which was based on understanding the needs of each individual pupil. Ward was an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher, and there was always strong competition among students to join his classes.
Lister Lobley encouraged frequent changes amongst his staff, which he believed enabled students to be exposed to a great variety of talents and to be taught by people with a wide range of experience and skills. This philosophy went down well with teachers and students alike. There were a number of his colleagues who Ward claimed had played a particularly important part in his life and the development of his work. Amongst these were Nathaniel and James Sparks, Henry Maudesley and B I Warren. Nathaniel Sparks had been a pupil of Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art and was responsible for introducing the process of copperplate etching into the school. Henry Maudsley had been a student at the Royal College of Art, and had also worked in Paris, specialising in pictorial design. He and Ward became close friends, often sketching together in the Cotswolds. B J Warren was an expert in enamelling metal, and it was from him that Ward got his first inkling of engraving. Maud Wear, another teacher at Drummond Road School, had been a student at the Royal Academy School and afterwards had worked in Paris, and it was she who infused an enthusiasm for French Impressionist painting at a time when few British artists had any direct experience of such art.
Working alongside so many talented artists in a number of different fields, it is hardly surprising that Ward himself worked in a wide variety of styles and mediums, and in all his work he demonstrated an underlying objectivity, creating an ideal balance between light and colour in his compositions. His masterly handling of the medium is particularly evident in the etchings and engravings.
Leslie Ward was a man with an enthusiasm for life. Those who knew him describe him as a deeply religious man, who was always keen to help others - throughout his life he had been active in his local community and he is remembered as being a kind man with a lovely sense of humour. His life and work was celebrated with an exhibition of his work at the Russell-Cotes Gallery in May 1978, which covered all aspects and phases of his artistic career. He died a few months later, in Bournemouth, on 16th November 1978.
Achievements
Awarded a gold medal in the National Competition School of Art, 1909-10.
Exhibited at:
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Royal Academy from (1915 onwards) -26 works
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Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers -37 works
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Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours -8 works
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Society of Graphic Art
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Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (21)
Elsewhere in the provinces and abroad
Elected an associate member of the RE in 1916 and full member in 1936.
Work represented in a number of public collections, including galleries at Bournemouth, Southampton and Cheltenham.
Prominent member of the Bournemouth Art Club, of which he was Vice Chairman for a number of years.
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Title : Looking towards, St Edburgh's Church
Size : Unknown
Medium : Etching
Framed Price : £195.00
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Title : Near Campden, Gloucestershire (1919)
Size : 6.00" x 10.00"
Medium : Etching
Framed Price : £195.00
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Title : Poole harbour from Ballard Down (1914)
Size : 7.00" x 10.00"
Medium : Etching
Framed Price : £195.00
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Title : An ancient shop, Rochester
Size : 9.00" x 6.00"
Medium : Etching
Framed Price : £195.00
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Title : A lane at Rochester
Size : 11.00" x 9.00"
Medium : Etching
Framed Price : £195.00
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Title : Corfe Castle from Kingston
Size : 9.00" x 7.00"
Medium : Etching
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Rudd RI, Bob
Pugh, Anna
Lyne, Michael
Pugh, Anna
Barlow ROI, Jeremy
Faulkner, Iain
Blake, Quentin
Rudd RI, Bob
Hodge, Peter
Smith PS, Norman
Kissmer, Willi
Sanders, Jonathan
Heard, Peter
Rudd RI, Bob
Faulkner, Iain
Rudd RI, Bob
Jeram, Anita
Moseley RBSA, Austin
Jeram, Anita
Potter, Beatrix
Barlow ROI, Jeremy
Blake, Quentin
Faulkner, Iain
Rudd RI, Bob
Cobley, David
Demsteader, Mark
Heard, Peter
Barlow ROI, Jeremy
Faulkner, Iain
Bailey RSW, Caroline
Barlow ROI, Jeremy
Smith PS, Norman
Blake, Quentin
Barlow ROI, Jeremy
Heard, Peter
Ward RE SGA, Leslie Moffat
Gaillard, Christian
Cobley, David
Blake, Quentin
Heard, Peter
Blake, Quentin
Bailey RSW, Caroline
Heard, Peter
Toft, Sam
Smith PS, Norman
Hammond, SWAc, John
Bailey RSW, Caroline
Noott RBSA, Edward
Duke, Arthur
Nogales, Ricardo Cejudo
Moseley RBSA, Austin
Hodge, Peter
Lyne, Michael
Hammond, SWAc, John
Bone, Ron
Bailey RSW, Caroline
Blake, Quentin
Cobley, David
Sturgeon, E. R.
Harris, William E
Viner, Edwin
Strang, Ian
Millet, Frank Davis
Harris, William E
Hughes, Shirley
Kissmer, Willi
Ward RE SGA, Leslie Moffat
Garland, Valentine
Demsteader, Mark
Faulkner, Iain
Blinks, Thomas
Emms, John
Fleetwood, ROI, Neville
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