charles caleb ward
charles caleb ward (1831-1896) was a nineteenth-century canadian painter. born in saint john, new brunswick, his loyalist grandfather had arrived from poughkeepsie, new york and had established the merchant firm of john ward and sons. while he was in liverpool, england to learn about the shipping business, charles caleb ward spent time figure painting with the english artist william henry hunt. he lived and worked in st. george and later in rothesay, new brunswick. for a time he also lived in new york where he studied landscape painting with asher b. durand; he maintained a studio in new york…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of charles caleb 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.
Spokes — Subject
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.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.