Ken Howard - Artist

Kenneth Howard OBE RA was a British artist and painter who born in London on the 26th December 1932. He was President of the New English Art Club from 1998 to 2003. After attending Kilburn Grammar School, he studied at the Hornsey College of Art (1949–1953) and the Royal College of Art (1955–1958). In 1958 he won a British Council Scholarship to Florence. He spent his National Service in the Royal Marines (1953–1955). In 1973 and 1978 he was the Official War Artist to Northern Ireland, and 1973–80 worked in various locations, including Hong Kong, Cyprus and Canada with the British Army. In 1983 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA). In 1998 he became President of the New English Art Club, a post he held until 2003. In 1991 he was elected a Royal Academician (RA). He died on the 11th September 2022.