Ken Howard (British, 1932-2022)

Summer Interior

The Seine Paris - Evening Sparkle

Kenneth Howard OBE RA (26 December 1932 – 11 September 2022) was a British artist and painter. He was President of the New English Art Club from 1998 to 2003.

Ken Howard was born in London. After attending Kilburn Grammar School, he studied at the Hornsey College of Art (1949–53) and the Royal College of Art (1955–58). In 1958 he won a British Council Scholarship to Florence. In 1973 and 1978 he was the Official War Artist to Northern Ireland, and 1973–80 worked in various locations, including Hong Kong, Cyprus and Canada with the British Army. In 1983 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA). In 1998 he became President of the New English Art Club, a post he held until 2003. In 1991 he was elected a Royal Academician (RA).

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.

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.

Howard was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. He died on 11 September 2022, at the age of 89.

credits: wiki/Ken_Howard_(artist)

Views of Paris

Jean Hélion - Roofs, Paris, 1958

Jean Dubuffet, View of Paris with Furtive Pedestrians

Maurice Utrillo - 40, Rue Ravignan

Marc Chagall, Le Pont de Passy et la Tour Eiffel

Ken Howard R.A. (British, born 1932) The Seine Paris - Evening Sparkle

Louis Hayet, Paris la Tour Eiffel

Childe Hassam, Champs Elysées, Paris - Oil on canvas, 1889

Georges Stein - A Flower Market Along The Seine (before 1890)

Albert Lebourg, Paris, the Seine at Pont des Arts and the Institute

Albert Lebourg - The Parc Monceau (1900)

Pierre Bonnard - Rue À Montmartre, Le Sacré-Coeur

Jean-Franck Baudoin (French, 1870-1961) - Quai de Seine avec vue sur la Concièrgerie

Jean-Franck Baudoin - Place de la Bataille, Paris

Jean-Franck Baudoin - Early Morning, Seine, Paris

Pablo Picasso - Ile de la Cite - View of Notre-Dame de Paris, 1945 

at Museum Ludwig, Cologne (Germany)

Auguste Chabaud - Gare du Nord, 1907

 Mercedes Gómez Pablos - Roofs of Paris, oil and carbon on canvas, 

162 x 114 cm, private collection

Auguste Chabaud - Shopping Street in Montmartre, 1907