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Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing & Gallery is a family-owned custom picture-framing workshop and fine-art gallery on East 63rd Street in the Brookside East area of Kansas City, Missouri, serving the metro for roughly 70 years with museum-quality framing, art restoration, and gallery offerings.12

Description

Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing & Gallery is a custom picture-framing workshop and fine-art gallery housed in a mid-century red-brick building on East 63rd Street, just south of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in the redeveloped Brookside East area of Kansas City, Missouri.1 The business describes itself as a 70-year establishment serving the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.1

The shop specializes in high-quality custom picture framing executed to current museum standards, with artisans skilled in hand-finished and carved frames, gilding, and shadow boxes.1 Beyond framing, Ward & Ward offers restoration services for most paintings, picture frames, mirrors, and objects d’art, along with fine-art brokerage, art identification, and historical consultation.1 The on-site gallery features paintings and works on paper across a range of subjects and mediums, framed in-house and displayed according to museum standards.1 The company states that its framing work resides in private and public venues nationally and globally.1

The business operates Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and is closed Sundays.2

Ownership and history

The business is led by Timothy D. Ward, who is identified as President & Chairman and owner.3 According to his professional profile, Ward joined the predecessor company, Scott’s Custom Picture Framing, Inc., in 1978, became a minority partner in 1981, Vice-President in 1982, and President & Chairman in 1984, before completing a buy/sell agreement that gave him full ownership in November 1986.3 In 2013, Ward negotiated the purchase of the current location at 521 East 63rd Street.3

The business presents itself as family-owned and as a 70-year establishment, placing its origins in roughly 1955.1 The earliest founding family beyond the predecessor “Scott’s Custom Picture Framing” name is not documented in available sources.

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Disputes

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See also

  • _Tier1-Non-Service-Local-Businesses

Footnotes

  1. https://www.ward-wardframing.com/ — asserts: business name, 70-year establishment, Brookside East / red-brick mid-century building location south of the Nelson-Atkins and Kemper museums, museum-quality custom framing, gilding/carving/shadow boxes, restoration, brokerage, art identification, on-site gallery of paintings and works on paper, national/global placement. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  2. https://www.ward-wardframing.com/contact — asserts: address 521 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64110; phone (816) 333-6459; hours Mon–Fri 9–5, Sat 9–3, closed Sun. ↩ ↩2

  3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-d-ward-37407a2b/ — asserts: Timothy D. Ward as Owner / President & Chairman; joined Scott’s Custom Picture Framing 1978, minority partner 1981, VP 1982, President & Chairman 1984, buy/sell agreement completed November 1986; purchased 521 E 63rd St location in 2013. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

See also

  • Registry
  • brookside
  • _Tier1-Non-Service-Local-Businesses
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
Categories
  • Locally owned
  • Brookside