Ken Howard

KEN HOWARD OBE RA London 1932 – 2022 Cornwall Biographical chronology 1932 Ken Howard born in London Studied at the Hornsey School of Art 1952First exhibited at the Royal Academy 1953-55 National Service in the Royal Marines Studied at the Royal College of Art British Council Scholarship to Florence First exhibited at the New English Art Club First exhibited at 147 New Bond Street Elected member of the New English Art Club Elected member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters First prize Lord Mayor’s Art Award First prize Arundel Art Centre 1973Appointed official artist in Ireland by the Imperial War Museum 1978Prize winner John Moores Exhibition Elected member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours Prize winner John Laing Exhibition Elected member of the Royal West of England Academy 1982First prize Hunting Group Awards 1983 Associate Member of the Royal Academy Prize winner Royal West of England Academy Critics’ prize, Sparkasse Karlsruhe 1986Prize winner New English Art Club Centenary Exhibition 1988 Honorary Member of the Royal Society of British Artists Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters 1991 Member of the Royal Academy 1998President of the New English Art Club 2001Critics’ prize New English Art Club 2001 2004Elected Royal Academy Professor of Perspective 2006Elected fellow of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2007Appointed Freeman of the City of London, Liveryman Painter Stainers 2008Honorary Member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art Awarded OBE for services to Art in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2011Publication of Light and Dark: The Autobiography of Ken Howard RA Commissions include:The Drapers Company The Haberdashers Company States of Jersey HQ British Army of the Rhine United Nations Forces in Cyprus The Stock Exchange, London Lloyds of London The Royal Hospital, Chelsea Banque Paribas Works by Ken Howard can be seen in the following public collections: Royal Academy of Arts, London Plymouth City Art Gallery Sheffield Art Gallery Hove Museum and Art Gallery Guildhall Art Gallery, London Ulster Museum and Art Gallery The Imperial War Museum, London The National Army Museum, London One Man Exhibitions 1955Plymouth Art Centre 1966John Whibley Gallery, London 1968John Whibley Gallery, London New Grafton Gallery, London 1972Plymouth Art Gallery – Retrospective Exhibition 1974New Grafton Gallery, London 1976New Grafton Gallery, London 1978New Grafton Gallery, London 1979New Metropole, Folkestone Hong Kong Art Centre St Helier Gallery 1980St Helier Gallery 1981New Grafton Gallery, London 1982Nicosia 1983Delhi 1983 New Grafton Gallery, London St Helier Gallery New Grafton Gallery, London Linton Court Gallery 1987Lowndes Lodge Gallery, London New Grafton Gallery, London 1989Lowndes Lodge Gallery, London 1990New Grafton Gallery, London Lowndes Lodge Gallery, London 1991Lowndes Lodge Gallery, London Brian Sinfield Gallery, Gloucestershire 1992Lowndes Lodge Gallery, London 1993New Grafton Gallery, London Brian Sinfield Gallery, Gloucestershire New Grafton Gallery, London Brian Sinfield Gallery, Gloucestershire New Grafton Gallery, London 1998The Everard Read, Johannesburg New Grafton Gallery, London The Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town 2002Richard Green, London 2003Richard Green, London 2004 Richard Green, London 2005Richard Green, London 2006 Richard Green, London 2007Richard Green, London 2009Richard Green, London 2011Richard Green, London 2012 Richard Green, London 2013Richard Green, London 2014Richard Green, London 2015Richard Green, London 2016Richard Green, London