Lynd Ward

Lynd Ward
Wood engraved image of an early-middle-aged man with a moustache, facing forward left.
1930 self portrait
Born
Lynd Kendall Ward

(1905-06-26)June 26, 1905
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 1985(1985-06-28) (aged 80)
Reston, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known for
SpouseMay McNeer

Lynd Kendall Ward (June 26, 1905 – June 28, 1985) was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced the development of the graphic novel. Although strongly associated with his wood engravings, he also worked in watercolor, oil, brush and ink, lithography and mezzotint.[1] Ward was a son of Methodist minister, political organizer and radical social activist Harry F. Ward, the first chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union on its founding in 1920.[2]

His best-known books are Gods' Man and his Caldecott-winning children's story, The Biggest Bear.

  1. ^ "Lynd Ward." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 80. Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  2. ^ Dance 2015, p. 10.