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Rosa Howlett

Rosa Elizabeth Howlett (1863–1961) was a British artist and suffragette.

Biography

Howlett was born in Norwich, Norfolk, and was the daughter of a leather merchant and shoe manufacturer.[1]

Howlet studied under Hubert von Herkomer at his school in Bushey.[2] Her painting "Market Scene" is held in the collection of the Bushey Museum and Art Gallery.[3] She exhibited at the Royal Albert Hall with The London Salon of the Allied Artists' Association in 1901 and 1911.[4] In 1916, she co-exhibited the work Noah's Ark at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, which she constructed with Margaret West.[5][6] She was also friends with Virginia Woolf.[2]

Howlett was active in the women's suffrage movement. When a branch of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was opened in Norwich in 1912,[7] she was appointed a local secretary.[8]

She died in 1961 in Hertford, Hertfordshire.

References

  1. ^ "HOWLETT Rosa Elizabeth 1863-1961". Artist Biographies. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b Russell, Eugenia; Russell, Quentin (30 September 2021). Struggle and Suffrage in Watford: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-1268-4.
  3. ^ "Howlett, Rosa Elizabeth, 1863–1961". Art UK. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Rosa Howlett". Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME) | European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society | ID_1916_362-LITHOGRAPHY: 126 | BIFMO". bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Noah's Ark" Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  7. ^ "100 years of Women's Suffrage in Norwich". Visit Norwich. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  8. ^ Crawford, Elizabeth (15 April 2013). The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey. Routledge. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-136-01062-0.