Artist

E. M. Wards

E. M. Wards is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Finnish Heritage Agency.

E. M. Ward was the kind of artist who kept a tiny studio above a London chandler’s shop, painting by candlelight after the day’s work ended. He spent years on a single painting, The Southwark Docks at Night (1841), because he wanted the smoke from the chimneys to feel just right, soot, steam, and all. Try finding that glow in a quiet corner of Tate Britain; it’s the one where the gaslight catches the water like scattered silver.

Works by E. M. Wards

Collections represented

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