Margaret Maitland Howard (1898-1983), Fantasy Bass, Oil Painting

Signed by the artist and bearing an old label, British 20th century female artist Margaret Maitland Howard depicts Bath, England. The composition is a serene river landscape foreground, bridges and buildings in which people fishing from a boat overtake. A neoclassical building stands on the right bank. A perfect range of soft green tones and light make this a charming image.

Image size: 34 by 30 in. (86 by 76 cm.) All measurements are approximate.

Marjorie Maitland Howard(31 July 1898 31 August 1983) was a versatile modeller, sculptor, and book illustrator who was associated with theInstitute of Archaeologyin London where she worked from 1948 to 1960. Daughter of artist and civil servant Henry James Howard,Margaret (she was always however known as "Marjorie") Maitland Howard was born 31 July 1898 inBarnet, and grew up atSutton, Surrey, where she spent most of her life. She was educated at theRoyal Academy School of Artfrom 1917, and exhibited regularly between 1923 and 1935 at the Academy's summer exhibitions. Howard had an early career in book illustration, producing an illustrated edition of theFables of Aesopthat was published byJohn LaneatThe Bodley Headin 1926. She also illustratedElizabeth Ward'sWho goes to the wood(Lutterworth, 1940). In 1946, she illustratedFrederick Zeuner'sDating the past: An introduction to geochronologywhich went through several editions and was still in print in 1970. From 1948 until her retirement in 1960, she worked at the Institute of Archaeology, now part of University College London. She created models for Frederick Zeuner to use in his lectures and busts ofV. Gordon Childe(c.1958) andMortimer Wheeler. In 1956, she supervised archaeological work atBalawatfor theBritish Institute for the Study of Iraqand subsequently prepared drawings of the Balawat Gates. After her retirement from the Institute of Archaeology she continued to illustrate books, collaborating particularly withIan Wolfran Cornwallon his series of books about the prehistoric world. She died 31 August 1983.

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