The sun., 1910-05-02
J.QA WARD, SCULPTOR, DEAD
HE LIVED TO BE NEARLY So
RETIRED THREE YEARS AGO.

Nas busy Whea Takea slck on . stain.
ette q August Delnsnt one q Hls
last Important Commissions Was
an EauestPlan statue % sheridan.
John Quincy Adams Ward. the sculptor.
who had been IN since February last
died yesterday morning az his residence,
10 Manhattan aVenus. Just before his
death Mr.. Ward was At work on q seated
statustts Of August BelmOnt Mr.. Ward
leaves = widow. a sister. Miss Eleanor
Ward Of Urbana. Ohio: a stspsOn. r.
0strAnder Smith Of Chicago. and a sister
ln-aW. Mrs. Edgar Ward Of 81 West
Tenth street.
The funeral will be At n O'Clock To-
morrow morning at the house. The Rev.
Henry van Dyke will conduct. Il and the
remains will be taken TO Urbana.
For q quarter OI a century John Quincy
Adams Ward because Of his age. repu-
tation and the extent Of his work. had
been Described a. the dean of American
sCulpiOrs. His name had been linked
with American sculpture almost from
its beginning. N April. 1907, just betore
he announced his intention OF giving up
active work. the National Arts Club gave
q dinner for Mr. Ward az which many
of the cOuhtrys sCulptOrs a. well A.
representatives Of many ART societies
joined in doing him honor ~ the head
Of the profession
The sculptor was born AZ Urbana.
Ohio. on June 20 1850. II n told Of him
that when hs sought at first % gratity
his ambition 10 te an artist he met with
much opposition from his parents. He
finally became a pupil of N. X Browne
IN Brooklyn and coliahOrated with Mr..
Browne on the bronze equestrian statue
Of Washington In Union square.
Mr.. Ward never studied a day abroad.
After Spending seven years with Mr..
Browne he began executing figure which
came in for much COmmendatiOn. but
his ilrst work Of real note was the Indian
Hunter. nov in Central Park. Among
some Of his other well known works are
The Pilgrim Shakespeare and the
Seventh Regiment Soldier all IN Cen
trail Park, the statue of Washington in
front % the Sub Treasury the William 4.
Dodge statue At Broadway and sixth ave
nue.. the BeeCher In Brooklyn the Greeley
in front u the Tribune Building and the
Garfield monument IN Washington.
One Of Mr. Wards last commissions
was an equestrian statue Ot Gen. Phil
Sheridan. over which there aro-e a dis
pute. IL was 10 be erected in Washing
ton by the Army Of the Cumberland. but
the society rejected the model. The
sculptor aaid later that he had put in
fifteen years Of work on IL and that the
only person Il had not pleased was the
widow Of the General. who had ideali1ed
her husband too much. The matter
was taken up by a committee Of Con-
Rreas and Mr. Ward then submitted
another model. which likewise was re-
jected He then brought suit against
the society for So .0OO. alleging breach Of
contract.
Most Of the sculptor's important pieces
were done In the studio az ila West Fifty
second street, which he sold In 1871 when
he retired from active work. Mr. Ward
built the studio himself In issl from
designs drawn by his friend Richard
Hunt. the architect. Il was his custom
20 work there In cap and overalls a. least
eight hours q day and sometimes more.
Mr.. Ward had q beautiful country
place. PeekamOse. IN the Catakills IL
vas boukht by Mr. Ward and his friend
Arthur " DimOck a. q fishing preserve
and they organized a private club. To
the great surprise Of their friends Mr.
DimOck and Mr. Ward fell out and Mr.
Ward had the club dissolved after a story
had been published - the eject that
he had threatened 10 shoot some Of hiz
former friends guests MIR Ward later
bought the property himself. the estate
comprising over .OUO acres
Mr. Ward was married thres times
His third marriage was In igd when
he was "a year old. Then be married
A. ~ A naeranTfar E.utfk f.rs,,asgs-
Of Newburgh. with whom h. had been
boarding. His hrst wife Wa- Mis-
Raumer and his second Wife Miss Julia
Devins Valentine He had no children
M Ward was for some YEAR president
of the National Arts Club. he waz a
member Of the lambs. Century and
Union Iaagtie clufs AMI af many zf,eissti.-