Fred Ward

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Name

Fred Ward

Other names

Ward, Frederick C.

Ward, Frederick.

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

1900

Birth place

Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

21 July 1990

Death Place

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia View on map Close map

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Occupations

Decorative / design artist | Designer (furniture) | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Australia (VIC, ACT). Linocuts.

NGA IRN

15717

Context

Australia

Biography

Frederick Ward
Frederick C. Ward was born in 1900. From the 1920s he was involved with furniture design and in the 1930s was designing furniture for Cynthia Reed's Modern Furniture Shop, for whom Sam Atyeo also designed, and also the Myer Emporium Ltd. He was responsible for the furnishing of several buildings in Canberra, in particular University House in the 1950s. In 1967 he designed furniture ordered by Lady Casey for the Aides' Quarters at Admiralty House, Kirribilli, New South Wales.
 CJM