Edward Townsend Howes
American architect and artist
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Edward Townsend Howes (1877 – May 10, 1964), also known as E. Townsend Howes and Edward Howes, was an American architect and artist.[1]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pratt Institute
Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Académie Julian
Edward Townsend Howes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1877 |
| Died | May 10, 1964 (aged 86–87) |
| Education | Sheffield Scientific School Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pratt Institute Ecole des Beaux-Arts Académie Julian |
| Occupation | Architect |
Early life
Howes was born in Brick Church, New Jersey in 1877.[2][3] His father was Charles Howes, a successful businessman in Stamford, Connecticut, where Howes spent most of his life.[2][4] His uncle was the artist John Singer Sargent, who supported young Howes artistic talent.[2]
Howes went to King School and, later, graduated from Westminster School.[4] Howes attended the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, graduating in 1898.[5] While at Yale, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall.[4][6] He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5]
In 1899, he attended the Eric Pape School of Art, coming in fourth place for life classes and earning a scholarship.[7][8] He then studied at the Pratt Institute.[2] Starting in 1900, he spent six years studying art in Paris, mostly at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.[2][5][4] He also studied with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian in Paris.[9][10]
Career
Howes began his career as a watercolor artist.[5] His best-known works depict life in Paris.[2] He used a "broken-color technique, layering translucent washes" and often created asymmetrical compositions in the Impressionist style.[2] Eight of his artworks are in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1]
Later, Howe specialized in making architectural models.[5][4] He created a scale model of the 1939 New York World's Fair.[4] He also taught model-making to unemployed architects, artists, and draftsment as part of a Works Progress Administration program.[4]
He became a licensed architect in New York City, New York state, and Connecticut.[5] He designed mansions in Fairfield County, Connecticut and Long Island, New York especially in the Westbury and Shippan.[5][3][4] He retired in 1949.[3]
Personal life
Howes married Elsie Waterbury Milligan of Elizabeth, New Jersey on June 1, 1912.[4][11] They had a daughter, Elizabeth McKie Howes, and a son, Daniel H. Howes.[5][12]
He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.[4] He was the co-founder of the Digressionists Club in New York City for artists and architects.[4] He was also a charter member of the Society of Architects and Artists.[5]
Later in his life, Howes lived at 167 Fairview Avenue in the Shippan Point neighborhood of Stamford, Connecticut.[5] Howes died on May 10, 1964, while in Stamford Hospital in Stamford at the age of 87 years.[1][5] He was buried in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[4]