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Barbara Howard, R.C.A.
1926 - 2002
BORN Toronto, Canada
EDUCATION
- Medallist and honours graduate of the Ontario College of Art,
Toronto
- 1956 Studied and travelled in Europe; painted in London, England
- 1975 Elected to Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS - Canada
- National Gallery of Canada
- The National Library of Canada
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Art Gallery of Hamilton
- Windsor Art Gallery
- Museum London
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, B.C.
- Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
- Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
- Rodman Hall, St. Catharines
- Province of Ontario Collection
- Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
- Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B.
- University of Manitoba
- University of Western Ontario
- University of British Columbia
- University of Calgary
- University of Edmonton
- McMaster University, Hamilton
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS - International
- The British Library
- The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- The Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
- The Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
- Mingan Island Cetacean Study (M.I.C.S.), Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan,
Quèbec
- Esso Resources
- Pan-Canadian Petroleum
- Northern Telecom
- Citibank Canada
- Canadian Tire Corporation
- Mary Kay Cosmetics
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Picture Loan Society, Toronto 1957, 1958, 1960, 1965
- Wells Gallery, Ottawa, 1966, 1982, 1984
- Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, 1966
- Victoria College, Toronto, 1966
- Sisler Gallery, Toronto, 1974, 1976
- Hart House, University of Toronto, 1975
- The Event in the Mind, Prince Arthur Galleries, Toronto, 1980;
catalogue
- Yaneff Gallery, Toronto, 1983
- Massey College, Toronto, 1984
- Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, 1985
- O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, 1986
- National Library of Canada, 1986
- University College, Toronto, 1987
- Georgetown Library & Cultural Centre, 1988
- The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, 1993
- Victoria Library, University of Toronto, 1995
- Robarts Library, University of Toronto, 1999
- The Upstairs Gallery, Art Gallery of Northumberland, 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Ontario Society of Artists, 1958, 1959
- Women's Committee, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1958, 1969
- Douglas Duncan Collection, Victoria College, Toronto, 1962
- Toronto Collects, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1961
- Women Artists, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1961
- Canadian Artists, Eaton's College Street, 1961
- Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963
- National Home Show, 1960, 1961, 1962
- C.U.S.A.C. Travelling Show, Hart House, 1958-9
- Women's Committee, London Art Gallery, 1962
- Canadian Watercolours, Drawings & Prints, National Gallery
of Canada, 1966
- Douglas Duncan Collection, Windsor, London, Hamilton, 1967
- Drawings and Sculpture, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976
- The Living Image, Macdonald Gallery, Toronto (3 artists); catalogue
- R.C.A. Centennial Contemporary Exhibition, Toronto, 1980
- Inaugural Exhibition, Academy House, R.C.A. , Toronto, 1987-88
- Art Under Fire, Academy House, R.C.A. , Toronto, 1988
- Fine Printing: The Private Press in Canada Travelling
exhibition: Toronto, Fredricton, Calgary, Grimsby, Saskatoon,
Brandon, Pointe Claire, Halifax, Saint John, 1995-1997; catalogue
- Toronto in Print Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 1998; catalogue
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Twenty-Eight Drawings by Barbara Howard, The Martlet Press, Toronto,
1970
- Pictures From The Douglas M. Duncan Collection, University
of Toronto Press, 1975
- Passionate Spirits: A History of The Royal Canadian
Academy of Arts 1880-1980, Rebecca Sisler, Clarke Irwin, Toronto 1980
- “The Invisible Woman”, Today Magazine, Toronto
Star November
8, 1980
- “Barbara Howard”, City and Country Home, April, 1984
- “A Sacred Trust: The Hidden Worlds of Barbara Howard”, Equinox July- August, 1987
- The White Line: Wood Engraving in Canada Since
1945 , Porcupine's
Quill, 1990;
- End Grain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North
America, Barberian
Press Mission B.C., 1995
- D A : A Journal of the Printing Arts, Number 44 A Special
Issue on the Gauntlet Press Spring/Summer 1999, Porcupine’s
Quill, Erin, ON
- Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 63, 2003, John Metcalf, ed. Special
issue devoted to the Gauntlet Press and the work of Barbara Howard and
Richard Outram.
- “Transfiguring the World: Barbara Howard 1926 – 2002”,
Martha Fleming and Rosemary Kilbourn, SKETCH, Fall 2005,
Ontario College of Art & Design
Alumni Association.
- "Barbara Howard's Ecologies", Martha Fleming, Canadian Art,
Summer 2006.
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