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Artists›Peter Howson

Peter Howson

1958

WA-00012487

PaintingContemporary

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ711799

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2741
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Peter Howson OBE is a Scottish painter. He was a British official war artist in 1993 during the Bosnian War.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (19)

Plum Grove

1994 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 2137 x 1523 x 27 mm

plate 9 15/16 x 12 15/16" (25.2 x 33 cm)

Sheet: 19 3/4 × 22 3/16 in. (50.2 × 56.4 cm) Plate mark: 10 × 13 in. (25.4 × 33 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Gallowgate Guest XIV

1991 · Pastel on black paper

11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (29.6 × 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Gallowgate Guest XXII

1991 · Pastel on black paper

11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (29.5 × 20.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amanda

1987 · Etching on paper

image: 330 x 245 mm

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Ned

1987 · Etching on paper

image: 320 x 245 mm

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Bob

1987 · Etching on paper

image: 326 x 247 mm

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Rupert

1987 · Etching on paper

image: 325 x 248 mm

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Bob from Saracen Heads

1987 · One from a series of twenty-five etchings

composition: 12 11/16 x 9 5/8" (32.2 x 24.4 cm); plate: 12 15/16 x 9 13/16" (32.8 x 24.9 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 15 1/16" (56.5 x 38.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Amanda from Saracen Heads

1987 · One from a series of twenty-five etchings

composition: 12 13/16 x 9 5/8" (32.6 x 24.4 cm); plate: 13 x 9 3/4" (33 x 24.7 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 x 15 1/16" (56.7 x 38.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ned from Saracen Heads

1987 · One from a series of twenty-five etchings

composition: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16" (32 x 24.3 cm); plate: 12 13/16 x 9 9/16" (32.6 x 24.3 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 x 14 15/16" (56.8 x 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cain from the series Saracen Heads

1987 · Etching

plate: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4" (32.4 x 24.8cm); sheet: 22 1/16 x 14 15/16" (56 x 37.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Saracen Heads: Johnie

1987 · etching

Sheet: 56.6 x 37.8 cm (22 5/16 x 14 7/8 in.); Platemark: 33.3 x 24.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Samson (Bairds Carryout)

1987 · Oil on canvas

48 x 37 3/8 in. (121.9 x 94.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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STAG (plate, folio 36) from THE SCOTTISH BESTIARY

1986 · Lithograph and screenprint, printed in color

irreg. composition 21 7/8 x 14 5/8" (55.6 x 37.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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MOTH (plate, folio 32) from THE SCOTTISH BESTIARY

1986 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 21 7/16 x 14 3/8" (54.5 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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FIELDMOUSE (plate, folio 6) from THE SCOTTISH BESTIARY

1986 · Lithograph and screenprint, printed in color

irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 14 9/16" (54.9 x 37 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

19 published of 28 catalogued · 14 with image

MoMA
9 publishedof 18 catalogued9 img
Tate
5 published5 img
The Met
4 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Saracen Heads: Johnie
1987 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Ned
1987 · Tate · 1 prov
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Amanda
1987 · Tate · 1 prov
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Plum Grove
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
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Rupert
1987 · Tate · 1 prov
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Bob
1987 · Tate · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Background

Education

Glasgow School of Art

Visual Arts · 1976

Prestwick Academy

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1989