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Oil painting of dancers. Image size 16.5" x 13"; frame 26.5" x 24". Signed "Humbert Howard '80." A lively impressionist assemblage of dancers brightly clothed, whirling in close proximity to each other. Howard was born in 1915 and lived in Philadelphia. Although he spent most of his career there, establishing a firm regional reputation, his fame eventually grew nationwide. He studied at Howard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Barnes Foundation. He had a major exhibition of his works at the William Penn Memorial Museum, exhibited at the Library of Congress in 1940, and had a one-man show at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work is prominently featured in the landmark book, *American Negro Art* by Cedric Dover, and indeed an illustration of his portrait of a showgirl is the first painting to be illustrated in the book. His paintings are in many private and institutional collections and continue to be sought after.

Item #23452