Jul 7, 2022, 4:01 PM
Seeing the names attached to these drawings, one’s imagination may be set to wondering what happened to these individuals who were so full of promise.
Lessons from a figure drawing by Edmund F. Ward, a student of George B. Bridgman.
George B. Bridgman was the preeminent instructor of figure drawing in this country during the first half of the twentieth century and is credited with having taught close to 70,000 students, from illustrators to the avant-garde. What makes his lessons so enduring?
George Bridgman created mural-sized drawings, illustrating his technique of using geometric forms such as boxes, cylinders, and triangular wedges to outline the fundamental shapes and movements of the human body.