Lynd Ward

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Lynd Ward was an American artist and storyteller best known for his pioneering wordless woodcut novels that helped shape the graphic novel form.

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Lynd Ward canonical 9

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instanceOf artist ⓘ
graphic novelist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
person ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
awardReceived Caldecott Medal ⓘ
Library of Congress Living Legend (posthumous recognition in field of graphic narrative) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1985-06-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
National Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Production, Leipzig ⓘ
familyName Ward ⓘ
fieldOfWork graphic narrative ⓘ
wood engraving ⓘ
woodcut ⓘ
wordless novels ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre wordless novel ⓘ
givenName Lynd ⓘ
hasArtisticMedium book illustration ⓘ
wood engraving ⓘ
woodcut ⓘ
helpedShape form of the modern graphic novel ⓘ
influenced American comics ⓘ
graphic novel ⓘ
visual storytelling ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Expressionism ⓘ
Social realism ⓘ
name Lynd Ward ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor pioneering wordless woodcut novels ⓘ
notableWork Gods' Man ⓘ
linked to: God’s Man

Madman's Drum ⓘ
Prelude to a Million Years ⓘ
Song Without Words ⓘ
Vertigo ⓘ
Wild Pilgrimage ⓘ
occupation artist ⓘ
children's book illustrator ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Reston, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Reston
spouse May McNeer ⓘ
workedOn illustration of children's books ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ward → hasNotableBearer → Lynd Ward ⓘ
Lynd Ward → name → Lynd Ward ⓘ
God’s Man → creator → Lynd Ward ⓘ
God’s Man → author → Lynd Ward ⓘ
God’s Man → illustrator → Lynd Ward ⓘ
Chris Ware → influencedBy → Lynd Ward ⓘ