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The Artist:
Ward
Lockwood (1894-1963)Born
in Atchison, Kansas, Lockwood served in Europe in WWI
and later attended art school there as well as the Pennsylvania Art Academy. Lockwood
was a founding member of th Taos Art Colony in the mid 1920s. He worked in a variety
of styles from cubism to surrealism but he favored watercolors as a medium. He
taught at the University of Texas at Austin
and later at the University of California at Berkeley. He maintained his New Mexican
studio and returned frequently. He died shortly after visiting Taos in 1963. |
Artist
Ward Lockwood's signature
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2010 |
Photographer's Note:
The
post office had no visible cornerstone. It is probably covered by bushes. Website
says date is uncertain but you can easily make out '42' under Ward Lockwood's
signature - Barclay
Gibson, February 2010 |
"Texas Rangers in Camp" detail
Photos courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2010 |
Ward
Lockwood's Other Works in Texas |
| Photo
courtesy Smithsonian Institution |
| Lockwood’s mural
for Edinburg, Texas has
since been painted over, but a cartoon (life-size sketch) was found on the site
of the Smithsonian Institution which allows for its use for educational purposes.
The mural was entitled Harvest of the Rio Grande Valley and was painted in 1940. |
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