Delmas Howe (born October 22, 1935) is an American painter and muralist whose figurative work depicts mythological and archetypal – sometimes homoerotic – themes in a neoclassical, realist style.[1]
Delmas Howe | |
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| Born | Delmas Howe October 22, 1935 El Paso, Texas, US |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, painter |
After graduation from high school he progressed through undergraduate work at Wichita State University, then four years in the US Air Force, a move to the East Coast, graduate work at Yale University and several years of classes in NYC at the Art Students League of New York while working as a professional musician. After a return to the West and a successful design studio in Amarillo, Texas, he returned to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. His work is in the collections of a number of museums including the Albuquerque Museum where his painting The Three Graces from 1978 is on permanent view,[2] the British Museum, Amarillo Art Center, and the New Mexico Museum of Art.[3]
The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe is a documentary which explores Howe's life, his work, and the controversy it has generated.[4]
References
edit- ^ Lucie-Smith, Edward. (1991) [1985.]. The Male Nude. A Modern View. London: Sarema Press. ISBN 1-870758-10-2.
- ^ "Home". albuquerquemuseum.org.
- ^ Adlmann, Jan; McIntyre, Barbara (1996). Contemporary Art in New Mexico. Australia: Craftsman House. p. 213. ISBN 976809771X.
- ^ "The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe (2004) - IMDb". IMDb.
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