80. Charles Henry Howorth
Mt Cook from Red Lake, Hermitage
Mt Cook from Red Lake, Hermitage
Oil on canvas
50 x 77 cm
Signed. Inscribed on stretcher verso
50 x 77 cm
est. $4,000 - 6,000
Relative size
Charles Henry Howorth (1856-1945) was born in New Zealand, son of George Howorth and Sarah Mottram, daughter of the English steel engraver. He was an important figure in the New Zealand arts scene, influential as a painter and as founder of the Invercargill Arts Society.
Howorth moved from Invercargill to Wanganui in 1911 and was a founding member of Wanganui Arts and Crafts Society. He Exhibited with Fine Arts Assoc Wellington and the NZ Academy of Fine Arts between 1897-1911
