| Humbert Lincoln Howard | |
| Birth Date: | 1905 or 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Death Date: | 1990 |
| Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Howard University, University of Pennsylvania |
| Field: | Painter, ceramicist |
Humbert Howard (1905 or 1915-1990) was an American artist and art director of the Pyramid Club.
Howard was born in Philadelphia. Sources differ on Howard's birth year, some stating 1905[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and some stating 1915.[6] [7] [8] Howard attended Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania. During the 1930s Howard worked for the Philadelphia Works Progress Administration's Art project (WPA).[1]
Howard was best known for being an active member of the Pyramid Club, serving as the art/exhibition director from 1940 through 1958.[6] [9] The Pyramid Club was an African-American social club in Philadelphia. Howard selected works for the club's annual exhibitions in New York and Philadelphia.[7]
From 1959 to 1961[5] Howard studied at the Barnes Foundation, an experience that affected his style, making it more abstract.[1]
His work was included in the 1967 exhibition The Evolution of Afro-American Artists at the City College of New York.[5]
Howard died in 1990 in Philadelphia.[1]
Howard's work is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[8] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[10] the Delaware Art Museum,[5] and the Woodmere Art Museum.[11] His paper are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[12]
In 2000 his work was included in An Exuberant Bounty: Prints and Drawings by African Americans at the Philadelphia Museum of Art].[13] Howard's work was included in the 2015 exhibition at the Woodmere Art Museum.[14]