Robert Boardman Howard
| Robert Boardman Howard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 20, 1896 New York City, New York |
| Died |
1983 Santa Cruz, CA |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Spouse(s) | Adaline Kent |
Robert Boardman Howard also known as Robert Howard (September 20, 1896 – 1983) was an American sculptor and muralist active in Northern California in the first half of the twentieth century, often known for his Art Deco bas-relief sculptures.
Biography
Howard was born in New York City on September 20, 1896, to architect John Galen Howard and Mary Bradbury. When he was six years old, the family moved to Northern California.[1]
He attended Berkeley High School and then to the California School of Arts and Crafts, where he studied under Xavier Martínez. He later studied with Worth Ryder and Perham Wilhelm Nahl at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Art Students League of New York under Kenneth Hayes Miller.[1] Howard was married to fellow artist Adaline Kent on August 5, 1930, after they worked together on the Pacific Stock Exchange building, a Miller and Pflueger architecture firm project.[2]
Some notable work Howard created includes; a bas-relief of a phoenix at Coit Tower,[3] the reliefs at the Paramount Theatre (specifically the reliefs on the auditorium walls, stage and ceiling),[4] the killer whale sculpture (once a fountain, it was previously in front of the California Academy of Sciences but now located at City College of San Francisco),[5] two bas-reliefs in cast stone titled Power and Light, at the Pacific Gas and Electric Mission Substation in San Francisco, the City Club San Francisco's grand staircase balusters and the linen-based mural in the Mural Room at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.[6]
Work
Exhibitions
- 1922 – Salons of America, New York, NY;
- 1922-1972 (with prizes in 1923, 1924, 1941, 1943, 1944) San Francisco Art Association annuals, San Francisco, CA;
- 1923 – National Sculpture Society (N.S.S.);
- 1923 – Gallerie Beaux Arts, San Francisco;
- 1932,1946, 1948 – California Palace of the Legion of Honor (C.P.L.H);
- 1935, 1963, 1976 – San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMA);
- 1937 – Corcoran Gallery of Art;
- 1937, 1941, 1943, 1944 – San Francisco Art Association First Medal for Sculpture[7]
- 1939 – WFNY;
- 1939 – Golden Gate International Exposition (G.G.I.E.), San Francisco, CA;
- 1937 – Oakland Art Gallery;
- 1943 – de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA;
- 1948-1955 – Whitney Museum of American Art (W.M.A.A.), New York, NY;
- 1949 – UC Berkeley Art Museum;
- 1951-1955 – São Paulo, Brazil;
- 1962-1964 – Salon de Mai, Paris, France;
- 1971 – San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA;
- 1974 – Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA.
Other awards
- 1946 – "for Eyrie," San Francisco Art Association;
- 1951 – "Night Watch," San Francisco Art Commission;
- 1955 – "Rocket," San Francisco Art Institute.[8]
Membership
California Society Mural Artists, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMA), UC Berkeley Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).[8]
References
- 1 2 "Electric Substation and the Art World". Art and Architecture SF. September 7, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ↑ "California Art Research: John Galen Howard, Robert Boardman Howard, Charles Houghton Howard, Adaline Kent, Jane Berlandina". Internet Archive. San Francisco Public Library. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Oral history interview with Robert Boardman Howard, 1964 Sept 16". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. September 16, 1964. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ "History of the Paramount Theatre". Paramount Theatre - Oakland, California. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ Hamlin, Jesse (January 13, 2009). "Stone Orcas wait to frolic at City College". SFGate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Favorite Yosemite Spots: The Mural Room at The Ahwahnee". DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, Inc. and National Park Service. August 15, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ "History of the Paramount Theatre". Paramount Theatre - Oakland, California. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- 1 2 "Biography of Robert Boardman Howard (1896-1983)". Artprice. Artprice.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
External links
- Robert Boardman Howard, collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
- Oral history interview with Robert Boardman Howard, September 16, 1964 (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
- Robert Boardman Howard papers, from 1916-1975 (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
- Article: "Stone Orcas Wait to Frolic at City College", from San Francisco Chronicle, January 13, 2009
- Photographs of a mobile sculpture exhibit by Robert B. Howard from the UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections
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