Alfred Harold Howard
Alfred Harold Howard who signed his work as A. Howard (1854–1916) was a British-born artist who lived in Toronto, Ontario. He was an illustrator, graphic artist, calligrapher, and decorative designer.
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Alfred Harold Howard
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- Name
- Alfred H.
- Born
- 12 July 1854
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, England
- Died
- 17 February 1916
- Place of death
- Toronto, Ontario
- Known for
- graphic artist, calligrapher, decorative designer
- Nationality
- Canada · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- graphic artist · calligrapher · illustrator
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Alfred Harold Howard who signed his work as A. Howard (1854–1916) was a British-born artist who lived in Toronto, Ontario. He was an illustrator, graphic artist, calligrapher, and decorative designer.
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Alfred Harold Howard (1854–1916) was a calligrapher, graphic artist and illustrator, of Canadian and British nationality. The calligrapher was born in Liverpool and died in Toronto.
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• Name — Alfred H. Howard • Born — 12 July 1854 • Birthplace — Liverpool, England • Died — 17 February 1916 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario • Known for — graphic artist, calligrapher, decorative designer
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Howard was born in Liverpool, England on 12 July 1854. There, he apprenticed as a lithographer with the firm, Maclure, MacDonald and MacGregor, where he was taught the South Kensington Ideal, which preferred the use of flat colours over light and shading. He married Isabella Harriet Eunice Cannell July 17, 1876, and together they emigrated to Canada and founded a graphic design firm in Toronto. Howard established himself in the graphic arts community and eventually produced bookplate designs for the Toronto Public Library's first librarian, James Bain, and for the National Gallery of Canada. Howard also taught at the Ontario School of Art from 1880 to 1882. In 1881, he was awarded the Marquis of Lorne's Medal for Design. Two years later, in 1883, he became a member of the prestigious Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He was also a member of the Toronto Art Students' League, the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA), and the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto. In 1907, Howard was selected to represent the OSA on the Toronto Guild of Civic Art committee during the selection of art purchases. Howard died in Toronto on February 17, 1916.
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Alfred Harold Howard is recorded as graphic artist, calligrapher and illustrator.
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1854
Alfred Harold Howard was born in 1854 at Liverpool.
1916
Alfred Harold Howard died in 1916 at Toronto.
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- 1.Smith, Arthur. Illuminating Toronto: A Descriptive Inventory of the Illuminated Manuscripts of Alfred H. Howard. DA: A Journal of the Printing Arts.
- 2.Finding aid for the Alfred Harold Howard fonds at the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives. https://www.gallery.ca/library/ngc136.html
- 3.Bayer, Fern. The 'Ontario Collection' and the Ontario Society of Artists Policy and Purchases, 1873-1914. RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review. 8. 1. 32–54. 1981. 0315-9906.
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