Barbara Howard, R.C.A.
1926 – 2002
BORN Toronto, Canada
EDUCATION
Medallist and honours graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Toronto
St. Martins School of Art, London, England
1975 Elected to Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
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
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS – Canada
Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON
Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, ON
Museum London, London, ON
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, ON
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, ON
Rodman Hall, St. Catharines,ON
Province of Ontario Collection
ArtWorks for Cancer Foundation
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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
University of Western Ontario, London, ON
The University of British Columbia Library
The University of Calgary, Alberta, Special Collections
Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta
The Trent University Archives, Peterborough, ON
The MILLS Research Collections, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Memorial University of Newfoundland Libraries, Rare Books Collection, St. John’s
Library and Archives Canada (formerly the National Library of Canada), Ottawa
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS – International
The British Library, London, England
The Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Berg Collection, New York Public Library
The Harris Collection of Poetry and Plays, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
University at Buffalo, New York, Special Collections
The Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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
Seeking Light: Last Paintings and Selected Drawings, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, 2006; catalogue
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,
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.