Ken Howard (artist)
Kenneth Howard
Life and art
Ken Howard was born in
Howard painted in a "traditional" manner, based on strong observation and a high degree of draughtsmanship combined with tonal precision. The depiction of light is a strong and recurrent element of his work. A notable theme is the nude model in his studio. Another theme is a city scene, such as Venice, with emphasis placed on the reflection of light from puddles after rain. He has said:
I was brought up in London surrounded by railway yards and factories. This has very much influenced the use of horizontal and vertical structures and lines in my work. I am not a landscape painter, but rather a vertical horizontal and linear painter, which is why I have a passion for the lines that occur within my studios, and include them in my paintings. When I study a model, I think of that figure not in rhythmical terms, but in vertical or horizontal positions and planes.[2]
Howard's work is in public collections including the National Army Museum, Guildhall Art Gallery, Ulster Museum and Imperial War Museum. In 1989 his work was exhibited in Tenterden jointly with Ernest Greenwood and John Stanton Ward.[3]
Howard was appointed
Prizes
Howard has won various prizes including:
- 1996 Lord Mayor’s Art Award (first prize)
- 1978 John Moores Exhibition in Liverpool
- 1979 John Laing Competition
- 1982 Hunting Group Awards (first prize)[7]
- 1983 RWA
- 1985 Critics Prize at Sparkasse Karlsruhe
- 1986 NEAC Centenary Award
- 2001 NEAC Critics Prize
Associations
(with date of election)[1]
- New English Art Club (1962)
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters (1966)
- Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (1979)
- Royal West of England Academy (1981)
- Royal Society of British Artists Honorary Member (1988)
- Royal AcademyRoyal Academician (1991)
- New English Art Club President (1998)
Books
- Ken Howard by Ken Howard (2002) published by ISBN 1-903973-08-2.
- A Vision of Venice in Watercolour by Ken Howard and Michael Leitch (2002) published by Harry S Abrams, Inc., ISBN 0-8109-6650-6.
- A Personal View : Inspired by Light by Ken Howard and Sally Bulgin (1998) published by ISBN 0-7153-0841-6
- Art Class by Ken Howard (1999) published by Quadrillon, ISBN 1-84100-161-9
- Light and Dark: The Autobiography of Ken Howard (2011) published by Royal Academy of Arts, ISBN 9781905711895
- Ken Howard's Switzerland, In the Footsteps of Turner by Ken Howard (2013) published by Royal Academy of Art, ISBN 1-907533-39-7
DVDs
- The Way I See It a documentary on the life and work of Professor Ken Howard OBE RA by Dave Austin & Neale Worley. Independent production. www.nealeworley.com/kenhowarddvd
See also
- New English Art Club
- Royal Academy
- Royal West of England Academy
- William Bowyer
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Ken Howard RA" Royal Academy website. Accessed 14 June 2008
- ^ International Artist Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine June 2001. Accessed from rwa.org, 18 April 2006
- ^ Fenwick, Simon (3 September 2009). "Ernest Greenwood: Artist and administrator whose efforts revived the fortunes of the Royal Watercolour Society". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 11.
- ^ "Ken Howard, painter in traditional style whose work sold in great numbers at the RA Summer Exhibition – obituary". The Telegraph. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Ken Howard obituary". The Times. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "The Hunting Art Prizes" (PDF). Hunting plc. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
External links
- Ken Howard's official website
- 34 artworks by or after Ken Howard at the Art UK site
- My life inside 2002 article in The Guardian.