Newton Howard: Painter of the Sportsman’s Paradise
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Ogden Museum of Southern Art 925 Camp Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents the exhibition Newton Howard: Painter of the Sportsman’s Paradise, curated by guest curator Polly Rolman-Smith.
The title of the exhibition refers to the region’s abundant fishing resources and rich array of waterfowl, that earned Louisiana the nickname as “the Sportsman’s Paradise,” which Newton poignantly captured in these landscape paintings.
Newton Howard (1912-1984) was an avid duck hunter, fisherman and naturalist. Howard’s paintings evoke the calm solitude he found during countless hours of paddling through the marshes near Lafitte, Avery Island and in many other swampy settings of the region.
From these bayou excursions, Howard painted countless oil, acrylic and watercolor works, often in a minimalist style, which emphasized where the bayou waters met the horizon, broken only by a slow-moving shrimp trawler or the flutter of pintails taking off over the marsh.
This exhibition brings to view a portion of these works, from both private collections and institutions, and will portray the cherished locales within the Louisiana coastal marshes and waterways where Newton Howard felt most at home. The opening reception will take place on October 6 from 6 pm-9 pm.
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