Humbert Howard

Humbert Howard (1905 or 1915-1990) was an American artist and art director of the Pyramid Club.

Humbert Lincoln Howard
Born1905 or 1915
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died1990
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter, ceramicist
Websitehumbert-howard.com

Biography

Howard was born in Philadelphia. Sources differ on Howard's birth year, some stating 1905[1][2][3][4][5] and some stating 1915.[6][7][8] Howard attended Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania. During the 1930s Howard worked for the Philadelphia Works Progress Administration's Art project (WPA).[1]

Howard was best known for being an active member of the Pyramid Club, serving as the art/exhibition director from 1940 through 1958.[6][9] The Pyramid Club was an African-American social club in Philadelphia. Howard selected works for the club's annual exhibitions in New York and Philadelphia.[7]

From 1959 to 1961[5] Howard studied at the Barnes Foundation, an experience that affected his style, making it more abstract.[1]

His work was included in the 1967 exhibition The Evolution of Afro-American Artists at the City College of New York.[5]

Howard died in 1990 in Philadelphia.[1]

Howard's work is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[8] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[10] the Delaware Art Museum,[5] and the Woodmere Art Museum.[11] His paper are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[12]

Legacy

In 2000 his work was included in An Exuberant Bounty: Prints and Drawings by African Americans at the Philadelphia Museum of Art].[13] Howard's work was included in the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum.[14]

References

  1. "Humbert Howard - Biography". AskArt. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. "Humbert Howard". MutualArt. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. "Howard, Humbert". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  4. "Humbert Howard". Howard Heartsfield Studio/Gallery. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. "Humbert Howard". Delaware Art Museum. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. "Humbert Howard at a Pyramid Club Garden Party". Temple Digital Collection. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  7. "Oral history interview with Humbert Howard, 1988 Oct. 26". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  8. "Humbert L. Howard, "Untitled [Vase with flowers]" (n.d.)". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  9. Smith, Synatra. "Humbert Howardt". Four Elements - PMA LibGuides. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  10. "Ceramic Pot with Painted Faces". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  11. "Rock and Roll". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. "Humbert Howard papers, 1947-1981". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  13. "Exhibitions - An Exuberant Bounty: Prints and Drawings by African Americans". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  14. "We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

Further reading

  • Humbert Howard: Philadelphia Painter, retrospective exhibition catalog, Levy Gallery for the Arts, 1996
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