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Ken Howard RA RWS ROI NEAC (b.1932) British Interior St. Clements Hallsigned lower left
oil on canvas
61 x 51cm (24 x 20in)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection
€3,500-4,500 (£2,734-3,515)
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Ken Howard RA RWS ROI NEAC (b.1932) British Female Model in St. Clements Hallsigned lower right
oil on canvas
61 x 51cm (24 x 20in)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection
€3,500-4,500 (£2,734-3,515)
Ken Howard was born in London in 1932. He studied at the Hornsey College of Art and the Royal
College of Art. In 1958 he won a British Council Scholarship to Florence. He was elected to the
Royal Academy (RA) in 1991 and in 1998 became President of the New English Art Club, a post he
held until 2003.
Howard paints in a traditional style, based on strong observation and a high degree of draughtsman-
ship combined with tonal precision. The depiction of light is a strong and recurrent element of his
work. 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”.