Francis Howard (1874 - 1954)

RA Collection: People and Organisations

American artist and arts administrators educated in England and Europe. One of the founders of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (1897). In 1900 he acted as the representative for a group of American artists resident in Europe, who felt the need for an American national gallery and he travelled to America to gather funding and support for the project. In 1901, Howard organised the art section of the Woman’s Exhibition at Earl’s Court and in 1907 he was Chairman and Special Commissioner of the British Art and Antiquarian Committee, for the Jamestown Exposition. In 1909, he organised an Exhibition of Chosen Pictures at the Grafton Galleries, and his first National Loan Exhibition as its Director. He continued to do the Loan exhibitions in 1913-14 and 1914-15. He founded and managed the second Grosvenor Gallery in London in 1912.