出生在伦敦，和弟弟威廉·沃德的雕刻师，詹姆斯·沃德是由许多人的影响，但他的职业生涯常规分为两个时期：直到1803年，他的一个最大的影响是他的小舅子乔治·莫兰 ; 从那个时候，这是鲁本斯。从1810左右，病房开始景观内画马; 稍晚，他转身很大规模的景观，其中戈代尔峡谷（泰特，伦敦），在1814年或1815年完成，并描绘戈代尔峡谷（约克郡）作为示例崇高，被认为是他的杰作和杰作英语浪漫主义 绘画。

沃德投入了大量的期限1815年至1821年的一个巨大的题为工作的绘画滑铁卢的寓言（现已丢失）; 这既不是称赞的，也没有在沃德所希望的收入带来的。经验也许老张他，和他的第一任妻子的死亡和一个女儿被其他悲剧之一。像当时许多艺术家，沃德寻求佣金自己喜爱的马匹，他们最喜欢的猎犬或他们的子女的富裕绅士。
这样一个家庭沃德画和画了反复，而为之，他数他的朋友中，名Levett家庭Wynchnor公园，斯塔福德郡。1区最知名的画像是他西奥菲勒斯Levett狩猎在Wychnor，斯塔福德郡 1817年的[3]题为另一个问题是沃德的1811画牧师托马斯Levett和他最喜欢的狗，公鸡拍摄。病区还画了3 Levett子女的群像-约翰，西奥菲勒斯和弗朗西斯Levett （对于Levetts，见链接到耶鲁大学英国艺术中心的病房里展览。）

詹姆斯·沃德是一天的杰出的艺术家之一，他的奇异的风格和高超的技巧把他最上面他同时代的，显着的影响，英国艺术界的增长。视为他那个时代的伟大的动物画家之一，詹姆斯生产历史画，肖像画，风景画和风俗。他开始了作为一个雕刻师，由威廉，谁后来刻上他的工作培训。威廉和詹姆斯病房的合作伙伴关系产生最好的英语艺术所能提供的，他们的伟大的技术技能和艺术性已经导致了反映时代的优雅和魅力的图像。他被录取为成员加入皇家科学院在1811年

其中一个病区的最知名的画，鹿偷窃者，在1823年被委任为500金币由Ward的守护神西奥菲勒斯Levett的总和。当工作结束，Levett宣布自己高兴的结果，从而提高了报酬600金币。随后沃德说，由“贵族”，他拒绝被提供了1000金币的画。这幅画现在挂在泰特在伦敦。

Born in London, and his brother William Ward Carver, James Ward is influenced by many people, but his regular occupation career is divided into two periods: until 1803, one of his greatest influence was his brother-in-law George Moran; from that time, this is Lubensi. From around 1810, ward began landscape painting horse; later, he turned a large scale landscape, including the Godel Canyon (Tate, London), completed in 1814 or 1815, and the depiction of Godel Canyon (Yorkshire) as an example of lofty, is considered his masterpiece and a masterpiece of English Romantic painting.
Ward put a fable of a huge question a lot of the period from 1815 to 1821 for the work of painting in Waterloo (now lost); this is neither praise, no hope in Ward's revenue. Zhang he may experience, and the death of his first wife and a daughter by the other part of the tragedy. Like many artists of the time, Ward sought commissions for their favorite horses, their favorite hounds or their children's wealthy gentlemen.
Such a family of Ward painted and painted repeatedly, and for that, he counted his friends in the Levett family Wynchnor Park, Staffordshire. The most famous portrait of the 1 district is his Levett Theophilus hunt in Wychnor, Staffordshire, 1817. [3] is another problem that is the subject of Ward's painting of the pastor of the 1811 Levett, and his favorite dog, the rooster shot by. Ward also painted 3 Levett images of the children of John, Theophilus and Francis Levett (for Levetts, see the links to the Yale University Center for British art exhibition room.)
James Ward was one of the outstanding artists of the day, and his singular style and superb skill put him at the top of his contemporaries, with significant influence on the growth of the English art community. As one of the great animal painters of his time, James produced historical paintings, portraits, landscapes and customs. He started as an engraver by William, who later carved his work training. William and the James ward partnership produce the best English art can offer, and their great technical skills and artistry have led to an image that reflects the elegance and charm of the era. He was admitted as a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1811
One of the most famous paintings of the ward, the deer stealer, was appointed in 1823 500 by the sum of the Ward gold patron of Theophilus Levett. When the work was over, Levett announced its own happy results, thus raising the remuneration of 600 gold coins. Then Ward said, by the "noble", he refused to be provided with 1000 gold paintings. The painting now hangs in the Tate in london.