Constance Howard (artist)

Constance Howard
MBE
Constance Howard
Born(1910-12-08)8 December 1910
Abington, Northamptonshire, England
Died2 July 2000(2000-07-02) (aged 89)
Hindhead, Surrey, England
NationalityEnglish
Education
  • Northampton School of Art
  • Royal College of Art
Known forTextile arts and embroidery
Spouse(s)Harold Wilson Parker, m.1945 – his death.

Constance Mildred Howard, later Constance Parker, (8 December 1910 – 2 July 2000) was an English textile artist and embroiderer who had a profound impact on the development and teaching of those subjects in Britain.[1] The Constance Howard Gallery, part of Goldsmiths, University of London, is named in her honour.[2]

  1. ^ HCG Matthew & Brian Harrison, ed. (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Vol 28 (Hooppell-Hutcheson). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861378-4.
  2. ^ "Goldsmiths Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery". Goldsmiths, University of London. 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.