Leslie Moffat Ward R.E

1888 - 1978

Leslie Ward was born in Worcester, and after his parents moved to Bournemouth in 1895 to open a drapery business, he trained at the Drummond Road Art Schoo. He moved on to the Royal Academy Schools, where he won a nationally presented gold medal. He was elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1916, but it was not until 1930 that he had his first solo exhibition, in Bournemouth. Ward, who exhibited watercolours and prints at the Royal Academy over a 44 years, was vice-chair of the Bournemouth Art Club for many years and is particularly well known for his etchings and lithographs of Poole’s quay, harbour and old town, capturing the last days of the age of sail.