Hamilton Texas WPA Mural Texas Rangers in Camp by Ward Lockwood. (original) (raw)

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"Texas Rangers in Camp"

Artist - Ward Lockwood

Location: HamiltonPost Office

Photos by Barclay Gibson

HamiltonTexas WPA Mural "Texas Rangers in Camp" by Ward Lockwood
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2010

The Artist:

Ward Lockwood (1894-1963)

Born in Atchison, Kansas, Lockwood served in Europe in WWIand later attended art school there as well as the Pennsylvania Art Academy. Lockwood was a founding member of th Taos Art Colony in the mid 1920s. He worked in a variety of styles from cubism to surrealism but he favored watercolors as a medium. He taught at the University of Texas at Austinand later at the University of California at Berkeley. He maintained his New Mexican studio and returned frequently. He died shortly after visiting Taos in 1963.

Artist Ward Lockwood's signature
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2010

Photographer's Note:
The post office had no visible cornerstone. It is probably covered by bushes. Website says date is uncertain but you can easily make out '42' under Ward Lockwood's signature - Barclay Gibson, February 2010

"Texas Rangers in Camp" detail
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2010

HamiltonTexas Post Office
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2010

WPA Mural "Texas Rangers in Camp" in HamiltonPost Office
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2010

Ward Lockwood's Other Works in Texas

Photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution

Lockwood�s mural for Edinburg, Texas has since been painted over, but a cartoon (life-size sketch) was found on the site of the Smithsonian Institution which allows for its use for educational purposes. The mural was entitled Harvest of the Rio Grande Valley and was painted in 1940.