Humbert Lincoln Howard | |
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| Born | 1905 or 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 1990 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painter, ceramicist |
| Website | humbert-howard |
Humbert Howard (1905 or 1915-1990) was an American artist and art director of the Pyramid Club.
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]
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]
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