Douglass Morse Howell Art
Douglass Morse Howell was born in 1906 in New York City. Howell stumbled into papermaking while seeking better paper for his own wood engravings in the 1930s. He set up his first paper mill in a cold-water flat on Grand Street in New York City and in 1950, set up a paper studio in Long Island, New York. Howell began producing paper for his own limited edition books, but his endeavor was not particularly well-received in conservative book arts circles, where he was accused of making baby blankets, not paper. Howell’s papers, made from pure linen or home-grown flax and local spring water, were indeed of an entirely different and original texture, color and weight than anything else being produced at the time. Artists, including Joan Mirò, Stanley William Hayter, Jasper Johns, Anne Ryan and most notably, Jackson Pollock, were delighted with this beautiful and novel substrate for printing, collage, drawing and watercolor. In the words of his student and chronicler, Alexandra Soteriou, “Howell emancipated paper from its role as a printing surface alone. He focused instead on the nature, aesthetics and creative possibilities of the paper itself.” Howell himself began creating paper art or papeteries, with inclusions of fiber, fabric and subtly placed filaments within the paper itself. He made his first pulp paintings by cutting out a design with wooden stencils and re-immersing the mold in different batches of colored pulp. Howell also experimented with three-dimensional paper works on wire molds. Howell had his first one-man show in New York at the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1955 and had retrospectives at the American Craft Museum in 1982 and New York Public Library in 1986. His work is held in numerous public collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. Howell became an American Craft Council Gold Medalist in 1993 and died in 1994 in New York.
1960s Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
Mixed Media
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This geometric abstract conveys artist Terri Bell's feelings about witnessing nature's daily progression of tender new growth. It is a bright and harmonious a...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
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Part of artist Patrick O'Boyle's Ethereal Abstraction series. A play of electric pink and cool blues stands out with dynamic paint application. Various patter...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
Thread, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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Vertical geometric rows with varying sections in subdued shades of teal, beige and blue. "It is a series of visual pathways suggestive of the way life guides ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
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"Autumn begins with a burst of color and as the leaves fall, winter arrives," says artist Melissa Gannon. "Color is still present but more muted." Utilizing w...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Douglass Morse Howell Art
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"I imagine sitting on a plane, looking out the window shortly after takeoff, and being struck by the beauty that always moves me when I fly," shares artist Ag...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
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"This piece incorporates solid grid squares with unusual shapes that form balance and counterbalance," explains artist Terri Bell. Painted in monochromatic de...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
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Artist Libby Ramage is on a perpetual hunt for interesting wine labels to use for her art. "These two deeply colored Cabernet labels with the white secondary labels suggested to me passion in the quest for peace," shares Libby. "Is the dove out of their reach or just released? The eternal search for a peaceful existence is very much present in my own life as well as globally. Personally, I am working to keep myself healthy and the anxiety of our times at bay. Wine and art definitely help."
About the Artist
Libby Ramage infuses a playful and whimsical mood into her works. In fact, she credits the children she works with for greatly influencing her aesthetic. She often uses children’s abandoned work in her collages. Libby currently lives in New Jersey and finds inspiration in the work of Rauschenberg. She believes collectors should buy from the heart.
Words that describe this painting: wine labels, dove, bird, people, peace, cabernet sauvignon, small, paper, mixed media, expressive, expressionism, collage, primitive, couple, expressionism, people, mixed media artwork, red
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Douglass Morse Howell Art
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While climbing mountains in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, artist Crystal DiPietro couldn't help but appreciate the tall saguaro...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Douglass Morse Howell Art
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Artist Kris Haas creates expressive mixed-media abstracts on paper where she relies on intuition when combining blocks of color with free-form shapes. “I th...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
Mixed Media
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Thick splashes and spatters in black appear over bold strokes of umber, yellow, and deep green in this expressive abstract by artist Kris Haas. Scratches and ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
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"This piece is about the universal feeling of comfort to sing lullabies and memories of childhood," shares artist Tomo Mori. "I make tiles with fabrics, then ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Douglass Morse Howell Art
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