Constance Howard (artist)
Constance Howard | |
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Born | Abington, Northamptonshire, England | 8 December 1910
Died | 2 July 2000 | (aged 89)
Nationality | English |
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Known for | Textile arts and embroidery |
Spouse(s) | Harold Wilson Parker, m.1945 – his death. |
Constance Mildred Howard, later Constance Parker, (8 December 1910 – 2 July 2000) was an English textile artist and embroiderer who had a profound impact on the development and teaching of those subjects in Britain.[1] The Constance Howard Gallery, part of Goldsmiths, University of London, is named in her honour.[2]
Biography
Howard was born in
Howard returned to teaching in 1947 on a part-time basis with embroidery classes at
Howard retired from Goldsmiths in 1975 but continued to exhibit, give guest lectures and wrote several books on the textile arts, notably her four-volume work Twentieth-Century Embroidery in Great Britain which was published between 1981 and 1986.
Works by Howard are held by Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and are in the British Council collection.[1][3][7] She designed ecclesiastical works for Lincoln Cathedral and Makerere University in Uganda and produced 200 kneelers for the College Chapel at Eton College.[4]
Published works
- Design for Embroidery from Traditional English Sources, 1956
- Inspiration for Embroidery, 1966
- Embroidery and Colour, 1976
- Textile Crafts, 1977
- The Constance Howard Book of Stitches, 1979
- Twentieth-Century Embroidery in Great Britain, 4 volumes, 1981-1986.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-861378-4.
- ^ a b "Goldsmiths Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery". Goldsmiths, University of London. 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Ben Pimlott (20 July 2000). "Constance Howard". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Constance Howard". The Telegraph. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Country Wife Mural". National Needlework Archive. 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- OCLC 11147234.
- ^ "Constance Howard (1910-2000) Artworks". British Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.