Hugh Joseph Ward
2 albums/28 artworks – Hugh Joseph Ward (1909 – 1945) was an American illustrator known for his cover art for pulp magazines. He is noted especially for his paintings for Spicy Mystery, Spicy Detective, and other titles published by Harry Donenfeld in the “spicy” genre. He also painted definitive images of popular radio characters the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet. Ward was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a working-class neighborhood. His interest in drawing was encouraged by a high school art teacher.With the goal of becoming a commercial artist, he enrolled in a four-year diploma program at Pennsylvania Business School of Industrial Art in September 1927. The death of Ward’s father in 1929 reduced his family’s resources, and Ward…
