Ken Howard’s Switzerland

Ken Howard’s Switzerland

Inspired by Turner, Ken Howard RA’s en plein air paintings of Switzerland reveal the landscape in a new light.

For the fourth in the Academicians in Focus series, we are proud to present a selection of small paintings by Ken Howard RA made during his extensive travels in Switzerland.

Inspired by J.M.W. Turner’s numerous tours in 1841, Ken Howard RA made five visits to Switzerland, which totally changed his perception of the country. These expeditions resulted in one hundred plein-air oil paintings on board and canvas of monumental landscapes, reflecting lakes and historical towns. This will be the first time that these paintings have been exhibited.

Born in 1932, Howard has exhibited widely within the UK and internationally and his work is held in numerous public collections. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1991 and awarded an OBE in 2010. He continues to live and work in London.

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28 April — 30 October 2016

If you are not a Friend, Patron or Corporate Member of the RA, simply ask staff at the Keeper’s House for access to see the Academicians in Focus exhibition before 4pm.

Belle Shenkman Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy

Admission free

Switzerland is the most inspiring country I have ever worked in, and I have painted as far afield as Nepal and Borneo in the East and Belize and Canada in the West. Nowhere else have I experienced so completely the grandeur of the landscape, the beauty of the reflecting lakes, the space and scale that reduces man to insignificance.

Ken Howard RA

Gallery

Ken Howard RA, Hide & Seek at the Matterhorn I, late September, 2011.

£4,500.

Oil on board. 43 x 38cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.

Ken Howard RA, Cloudy Evening at the Matterhorn, 6th October, 2010.

£4,000.

Oil on board. 39 x 34 cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.

Ken Howard RA, Der Krumme Turm (Bent Tower) at Solothurn, 29th March, 2011.

£4,500.

Oil on board. 43 x 37cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.

Ken Howard RA, Clouds at the Steingletscher (Stone Glacier), Susten Pass, late September, 2011.

£4,500.

Oil on board. 43 x 38 cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.

Ken Howard RA, Brunnen Bay of Uri, 3rd April, 2010.

£4,000.

Oil on board. 27.8 x 34.1 cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.

Ken Howard RA, Fribourg Sarin in the Afternoon Light, 12th–13th April, 2012.

£15,000.

Oil on canvas. 78.5 x 68.5 cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.

Ken Howard RA, Evening Fishing at Montreux, 3rd October, 2010.

£4,000.

Oil on board. 34 x 39 cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.

Ken Howard RA, Bellinzona, two Upper Castles, afternoon light effect, 10th April, 2012.

£5,000.

Oil on board. 39 x 49 cm. © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.