Charlotte Blakeney Ward Explained

Charlotte Blakeney Ward (1873–1962) was an English artist, best known as a portrait painter. She worked in several media and genres, and is known to have exhibited between 1898 and 1939.^[1]

She was born in Eccles, Lancashire, the daughter of journalist James Blakeney. She was educated privately at home and later studied at the Royal College of Art.^[2] She also studied in Paris, and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1900.^[3]

She married a fellow portrait artist, Charles Daniel Ward.^{[4] [5]} Her portrait subjects included the suffragist Mary Collin, the poet Robinson Jeffers, and several members of the nobility. Her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy.^[4]

In 1923, she became President of the Society of Women Artists, having been vice president since 1917, and held the presidency until 1931.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Dennis Child. Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales. 2002. Dennis Child. 978-0-9523247-1-3. 324.
2. Web site: Ward, Charlotte Blakeney. Artist Biographies. 14 December 2020.
3. Web site: Charlotte Blakeney Ward. Cornwall Artists. 14 December 2020.
4. Book: Sara Gray. The Dictionary of British Women Artists. 25 June 2009. Lutterworth Press. 978-0-7188-4003-7. 40.
5. Book: David Cuppleditch. The London Sketch Club. 1994. Alan Sutton. 978-0-7509-0696-8. 88.
6. Book: Marion Whybrow. St Ives, 1883–1993: Portrait of an Art Colony. 1994. Antique Collectors' Club. 978-1-85149-170-4. 100.