Oral history interview with Humbert Howard
name: label: Interviewee
content: Howard, Humbert, 1905-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Pyramid Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American societies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Howard, Humbert, 1905-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Humbert Howard (1915-1990) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 19 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Oct. 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.howard88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Humbert Howard conducted 1988 Oct. 26, by Marina Pacini for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home in Philadelphia, Pa.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Howard speaks of his education; his introduction to art; the importance of his studies at the Barnes Foundation; his work as the art director of the Pyramid Club, a Black social club in Philadelphia, where he was in charge of selecting the works for the annual exhibitions that featured the work of both New York and Philadelphia artists; and the exhibiting opportunities available to Black artists in Philadelphia. Howard's age at the time of the interview prevented him from recalling his career in much detail.