James Ward

Born in Belfast in 1851, James Ward was an Irish artist whose career stretched across the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied at the Government School of Art in Belfast and later became part of the active exhibition world around the Royal Hibernian Academy.

Ward showed work regularly and became known for painting landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes. His art was rooted in Irish subjects and settings, giving his paintings a grounded, human feel that still makes them approachable today.

He died in 1924. While he is not as widely remembered as some of his contemporaries, his work remains part of the story of Irish art in a period of major cultural change.