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A Life Etched in Wood: The Story of Lynd Ward Lynd Kendall Ward, born in Chicago in 1905, was an artist whose vision extended far beyond the canvas or sculpture garden. He wasn’t merely a creator of images; he was a visual storyteller, a chronicler of the human condition rendered through the demanding and beautiful medium of wood engraving. His upbringing, steeped in progressive ideals thanks to his father, Harry F. Ward—a Methodist minister and early champion of the American Civil Liberties Union—instilled within him a deep sense of social justice that would permeate every facet of his arti…
A chart of Lynd Ward's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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