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Artist: Ken Howard RA RWS ROI NEAC (b.1932) British Title: La Salute, Venice (2008) Signature: signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas board Size: 25.40 x 30½cm (10 x 12in) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist Collection of Stephen Roche SC More info: Click to read more about this lot Ken Howard was born in London. He studied at the Hornsey College of Art (1949-53) and the Royal College of Art (1955-58). In 1958 he won a British Council Scholarship to Florence. In 1991 he was elected to the Royal Academy (RA). In 1998 he became President of the New English Art Club, a post he held until 2003. Howard paints in a traditional style, based on strong observation and a high degree of draughtsmanship combined with tonal precision. The depiction of light is a strong and recurrent element of his work. He has said: "I was brought up in London surrounded by railway yards and factories. This has very much influenced the use of horizontal and vertical structures and lines in my work. I am not a landscape painter, but rather a vertical horizontal and linear painter, which is why I have a passion for the lines that occur within my studios, and include them in my paintings".