MALVERN HILLS DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

BATTLE OF THE GIANTS: MATISSE AND PICASSO

MICHAEL HOWARD

Michael is the Programme Leader in the School of the History of Art and Design at the Manchester Metropolitan University where he teaches both academic and studio-based students.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and President of Bolton NADFAS and is a practising artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and ceramicist. With his wife, also an artist and NADFAS lecturer, he runs weekend and one day courses. He has curated many exhibitions and published widely most notably on Lowry, Goya, Whistler and Cézanne.

He has exhibited at the RA. His work is in Manchester Art Gallery and in private collections in the UK and abroad. He has also featured on TV and radio and had many awards including a prestigious Peabody award.