Ending 3rd Nov, 2021 12:04 GMT/BST
Charity Art Auction for Marie Curie
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Professor Ken Howard OBE RA RWS NEAC "Inside Daffodils at Oriel" Signed, oil on canvas, 30.5cm by 25.5cm
Ken Howard studied at Hornsey School of Art from 1949 to 1953. Between 1953 and 1955 Ken served in the Royal Marines before studying at the Royal College of Art until 1958. He went on to win a British Council Scholarship to Florence from 1958 to 1959. His first one-man show was held at the Plymouth Art Centre in 1955. From then on, he exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally, particularly with the New Grafton Gallery from the early 1970's and with the Richard Green Gallery from 2002-2014. He was given a retrospective in 1972 at the Plymouth City Art Gallery, and in 1973 and 1979 was appointed by the Imperial War Museum as official artist in Northern Ireland. He also worked with the British Army in Germany, Cyprus, Oman, Hong Kong, Nepal, Norway, Canada, Belize and Brunei from 1973 to 1982. Howard was elected a member of the New English Art Club in 1962, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1966, the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1979, the Royal West of England Academy 1981, Honorary Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1988, Royal Academician in 1991, President of the New English Art Club in 1998 and an OBE in 2010. Among his numerous awards are First Prize in the Lord Mayor’s Art Award in 1966, a Prize Winner in the John Moores Exhibition, Liverpool in 1978, first Prize in the Hunting Group Awards and the Critics’ Prize at Sparkasse Karlsruhe in 1985.
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: Charity Art Auction for Marie Curie, ending 3rd Nov, 2021
Timed Charity Auction for Marie Curie – raising funds for Marie Curie Nurses on the front line.
Lots start closing at 12 noon on 3rd November.
Marie Curie is delighted to present a selection of modern and contemporary artworks that have been donated by 30 leading artists and sculptors. Highlights include beautiful works of art by Ken Howard, Tania Still, Sir Billy Connolly, Barbara Rae, Darren Baker and many more. With bidding starting at £60, this sale offers opportunities for new and seasoned collectors alike.
The UK’s leading end of life charity, Marie Curie is here to support everyone in the UK through all aspects of dying, death and bereavement – and to fight for a society where everyone gets to have the best experience possible at the end of their lives. We support the NHS by providing frontline care. We provide vital bereavement support for family and friends. And we help the nation prepare for death, to help makes things better at the end.
Life may be beginning to start up again, but our Marie Curie Nurses and Hospices have been there through it all, day and night, supporting people reaching the end of their lives. Right now, more people need us than ever before. Your support will help ensure we can continue to provide essential care at this unprecedented time of need. www.mariecurie.org.uk
Please view the auction and bid for your chance to win a beautiful work of art while supporting Marie Curie Nurses.
Marie Curie Charity number: 207994 (England & Wales), SC038731 (Scotland).
For all enquiries relating to this sale, please contact Marie Curie directly: ilona.beiboer@mariecurie.org.uk / 07545 593895
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