Background
HOWARD, Francis was born on January 1, 1874. Son of Francis Gassaway Howard, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin.
HOWARD, Francis was born on January 1, 1874. Son of Francis Gassaway Howard, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin.
Studied at Saint Edmund’s and Saint Augustine’s Roman Catholic Colleges. Germany, Geneva, and Paris. Studied art Paris, London.
Foreign many years art-critic Weekly Sun, and contributor of art, dramatic, and literary criticism and verse to many magazines and periodicals.
Founded and organised the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, 1898. Organised Art section of Woman’s Exhibition at Earl’s Court, 1901. Chairman Art and Antiquarian Committee of Jamestown Exposition, 1907, and Special Commissioner.
Organised the Exhibition of Chosen Pictures, Grafton Galleries, 1909.
National Loan Exhibition, 1909-1910. National Portrait Society’s Exhibitions at Bradford and Oldham, 1910.
Exhibitor in most European and American Galleries. Former Director of The Sun and other newspapers.
Chairman the National Portrait Society. Honourable Secretary International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers.
Clubs: Chelsea Art, United Arts.
Spouse 1903, L. Chess of Louisville, Kty.