Eric Ward (b.1945)

Born: St. Ives, Cornwall

Studied: St. Ives School of Painting 1987

Member, Chelsea Arts Club, London

Solo Exhibitions:
2019
Fowey River Gallery
2015
Eric Ward - Paintings of the Barbara Hepworth Gardens and St Ives Bay, Belgrave St Ives𖝫
ERIC WARD - Plein Air, Cornish Coastal and Harbour Paintings, Belgrave St Ives
2009
Gallery Monma, Sapooro, Japan
2006
Waterside Gallery, River Fal, Cornwall
2003-7
Coves Quay Gallery, Salcombe
2004
Fowey River Gallery, Fowey, Cornwall
Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives
2002
Glasshouse Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2001
Out of the Blue, Marazion, Cornwall
Tregony Gallery, Tregony, Cornwall
1998
The One Below Gallery, London
1997
Mid Cornwall Galleries, St. Austell, Cornwall
1994
Sims Gallery, St. Ives
1989
Hallam Gallery, London

Selected Mixed Exhibitions:
2018
Falmouth Municipal Art Gallery
Alan Coombe Fine Art
2011-2
'Winter Exhibition - Small Paintings, Prints & 3D Works', Belgrave St Ives
2011
Summer Waves Exhibition, Belgrave St Ives
2010-2
Fowey River Gallery
Frost & Reed, London
2009
"Eric Ward & Chris Insoll - Two Art Colonies", Belgrave Gallery, St. IvesWalker Galleries, Harrogate
2008
Wren Gallery, Burford, Oxfordshire
2007
Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
2004
Webs Road Fine Art, London
2004
Osbourne Gallery, London
Mid Cornwall Galleries, St. Austell, Cornwall
2002-9
Fowey River Gallery, Two-person show, Fowey, Cornwall
2002
Printmakers Gallery, St. Ives
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall
Out of the Blue, Marazion, Cornwall
Maltby Gallery, Winchester
2001
Maltby Gallery, Winchester
2000
Glass House Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
Rainyday Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
1998
Bankstreet Gallery, Sevenoaks
1997
Wren Gallery, Burford, Oxfordshire
Walker Galleries, Harrogate
1996
Sims Gallery, Two-person show, St. Ives
1995
Sims Gallery, Two-person show, St. Ives
1994
Cassian Gallery, Lincoln
On Line Gallery, Southhampton
Armada Gallery, Plymouth
Lentesalon 94, City Art Expo, Antwerp
1991
Portscatho Gallery, Cornwall
1989
Leon Suddaby Fine Art, Penzance, Cornwall
Leon Suddaby Fine Art, St. Ives, Cornwall
1988
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives

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Public Collections:

Royal Cornwall Museum
Penlee House Museum, Penzance
Grey College, Durham University
Westfield Grant Maintained School

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Bibliography:

The Independent, 'A faceful of salt and a handful of paints', Peter Dunn, February 1, 1992.
The Times, 'Portrait of the artist as a talented all-rounder', Matthew Bond, October 2, 1996, p. 51.
The Mail on Sunday, 'Artscrafts', Paddy Burt, April 13, 1997, p. 78-79.
The Daily Telegraph, 'Review', October, 1996; Photograph re: London Show, November 6, 1998
BBC 2, 'Video Diaries', October 26, 1996
BBC 1, TV Spotlight South West, January, 1998
BBC Radio 4, Midweek with Libby Purves, November, 1998
BBC 1, TV Spotlight South West, (Live), November, 2000
St. Ives Revisited, Peter Davies, Old Bakehouse Publications, 1994
St. Ives 1983 - 1993, Marion Whybrow, Antique Collectors Club, 1994
Studio Artists in their Workplaces, Marion Whybrow, St.Ives Printing and Publishing Co., 1994
Eric Ward's St.Ives: From His Studio and Beyond, Halgrove, 2003
Portscatho, A portrait of an Art Colony, Halsgrove, 2007
St Ives 1975-2005: Art Colony in Transition, Peter Davies, 2007

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Overview:

After leaving school, Eric worked as a fisherman until 1985 when he became St. Ives Harbour Master. In 1964 he joined the RNLI as a St. Ives Lifeboatman, was promoted to Coxswain in 1989 and retired after 34 years of service in 2000. Since then his work has been shown widely, and he has expanded into etching. In 1996 BBC2 featured Eric's life, 'Oils and Oilskins' on Video Diaries. A year in the making, the programme was acclaimed by The Times. In 2003 Halsgrove published a large-format 144-page book including over 100 paintings in full colour and entitled Eric Ward's St. Ives: From His Studio and Beyond.

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