Lot 872: Newton Reeve Howard (American/Louisiana,

Newton Reeve Howard (American/Louisiana, 1912-1984), "Tears of Christ", 1979, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 14 in. x 18 in., in a period frame.
PLEASE NOTE: Howard was a 1929 graduate of the Tulane University School of Architecture. Finding it difficult to obtain work as an architect during the Depression, and having had an interest in art since childhood, he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. He eventually returned to his native New Orleans with the Works Progress Administration, serving as the supervisor for the construction of Monkey Hill in Audubon Park. During WWII, Howard joined the Navy and was stationed in the South Pacific. Inspired by his years in the Pacific, Howard created a number of paintings and drawings of the region and its people; the Smithsonian Institution recently purchased seven of these works. Newton Reeve Howard's evocative and refined views of New Orleans and the Louisiana bayou have been much admired, particularly amongst private and institutional collectors within the New Orleans arts community.