Native American and Equestrian Studies (from Sketchbook)

Native American and Equestrian Studies (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ward, a student of Henry Kirke Brown, became known as the “Dean of American Sculpture.” In addition to his monumental bronze "Indian Hunter," installed in New York’s Central Park in 1869, he pursued several other American Indian subjects in the 1860s. This page from a sketchbook, which provides an intimate look at the artist’s working methods, includes classically influenced figures mingled with American Indians on horseback as well as a number of bison.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Native American and Equestrian Studies (from Sketchbook)Native American and Equestrian Studies (from Sketchbook)Native American and Equestrian Studies (from Sketchbook)Native American and Equestrian Studies (from Sketchbook)Native American and Equestrian Studies (from Sketchbook)

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.