A short biography on Lynd Ward (found here) reveals a bit about the artist’s life**. I found it’s most fascinating aspect to be the degree than Lynd Ward was influenced by his instructors. I searched for images of his teacher’s artwork, as well as the work of the other two men mentioned. I assumed that most of these wood carvings would be similar due to the nature of the medium (hard; unforgiving), and the fact that it doesn’t seem to be a very popular form of art, but was rather shocked to see the differences in their work. The style “Gods’ Man” is etched in seems to be most influenced by his primary instructor, Hans Alexander Mueller, almost mimicking his hard, thin lines.
** Assuming it isn’t entirely fictional. (Its on the internet, it must be true.)