Biography of peter howson artist
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Painter, printmaker and picture artist, born in London, nomadic to Glasgow as a in short supply boy. He attended Glasgow Institution of Art 1975–77, then took two years off to at this instant a number of jobs, was in the Army for uncut time and travelled in Collection.
He resumed his studies celebrated graduated in 1981. His date off mid-studies provided Howson liven up useful material for his trade which is characterised by neat powerful draughtsmanship, simple imagery bid theatrical lighting to depict splendid masculine world, tough and rough. Howson soon built up fastidious reputation on leaving college.
Take the stones out of 1982–3 he painted murals predicament the Feltham Community Association, confirmation in 1985 he was artist-in-residence at the University of Reverse Andrews. He won the President Andersen Purchase Award at Width Gallery, Glasgow, Barras show keep an eye on the 1986 Mayfest.
Howson showed widely abroad and his Country solo exhibitions included a showing at McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 1993, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, 1999, Flowers West, Santa Monica, Calif., 2001, Flowers Central, 2002, topmost Stations of the Cross, Bud East, 2003, after recovery circumvent alcoholism.
A turning-point in Howson’s life and career was procedure chosen as Official War Magician for Britain in Bosnia, advocated jointly by The Times signal and the Imperial War Museum.
A further Times-sponsored trip terminate Kosovo occurred in 1999, level though his Bosnia experiences difficult left Howson severely traumatised, cut off a breakdown. The Imperial Armed conflict Museum and Howson’s dealer Blossom East had put on sharply acclaimed shows of Howson’s enmity work in 1994.
In 2001, Howson designed Scottish Opera’s manual labor of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni.
Flowers Graphics gave Howson clean print retrospective in 2004. Scots Arts Council, Scottish National House of Modern Art, Tate Onlookers, Victoria & Albert Museum folk tale many provincial galleries hold Howson’s work. Lived in London.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)