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Charles Henry Howorth (2 January 1856 – 22 August 1945) was a New Zealand artist.
Howorth was born in Dunedin,Collins, 1979, p.88. to Sarah (née Mottram) and George Howorth, on 2 January 1856.
An engineer by profession, Howorth lived and worked in Southland for at least 22 years. He painted mostly with oil paints and watercolours. A co-founder of the Invercargill Art Society in 1893, he exhibited at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts between 1897 and 1911. An oil painting of the sea shore near Bluff won a prize at the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904.
Howorth moved to Wanganui in about 1912, and was an early member of Wanganui Arts and Crafts Society. He died at
Una Platts, 1980, "HOWORTH, Charles Henry 1856–1945", in ''Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook'', Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints.
Australian Art Auction Records ''Charles Henry Howorth (1856-1945) New Zealand''
* Roger Collins, 1979, ''Pictures of Southern New Zealand''. Dunedin, John McIndoe. 1856 births 1945 deaths 19th-century New Zealand painters 19th-century New Zealand male artists 20th-century New Zealand painters 20th-century New Zealand male artists New Zealand people of English descent Artists from Dunedin Artists from Whanganui 19th-century New Zealand artists {{NewZealand-painter-stub
Howorth was born in Dunedin,Collins, 1979, p.88. to Sarah (née Mottram) and George Howorth, on 2 January 1856.
An engineer by profession, Howorth lived and worked in Southland for at least 22 years. He painted mostly with oil paints and watercolours. A co-founder of the Invercargill Art Society in 1893, he exhibited at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts between 1897 and 1911. An oil painting of the sea shore near Bluff won a prize at the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904.
Howorth moved to Wanganui in about 1912, and was an early member of Wanganui Arts and Crafts Society. He died at Silverstream
Silverstream is a suburb of Upper Hutt in New Zealand, just under 7 km south-west of the Upper Hutt CBD. It is in the lower (southern) part of the North Island of New Zealand at the southern end of Upper Hutt, close to the Taitā Gorge, ...
, Upper Hutt on 22 August 1945.
Members of Howorth's extended family included the British engraver Charles Mottram
Charles Henry Mottram (9 April 1807 – 30 August 1876 London) was a British engraver, mainly in the medium of steel engraving.
While Mottram was born on 9 April 1807 – probably in England – his exact place of birth and parents are unkn ...
(his grandfather) and New Zealand politician Henry Howorth (his uncle).
References
Una Platts, 1980, "HOWORTH, Charles Henry 1856–1945", in ''Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook'', Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints.
Australian Art Auction Records ''Charles Henry Howorth (1856-1945) New Zealand''
* Roger Collins, 1979, ''Pictures of Southern New Zealand''. Dunedin, John McIndoe. 1856 births 1945 deaths 19th-century New Zealand painters 19th-century New Zealand male artists 20th-century New Zealand painters 20th-century New Zealand male artists New Zealand people of English descent Artists from Dunedin Artists from Whanganui 19th-century New Zealand artists {{NewZealand-painter-stub