Charles Houghton Howard was born in Montclair, NJ on Jan. 2, 1899, the son of Mary Robertson Bradbury and John Galen Howard. The Howard family moved to California in 1902 and, after graduating from Berkeley High School, Charles entered UC where he majored in journalism. While on a summer holiday in Europe in 1924, he met artist Grant Wood who influenced his decision to abandon a writing career and become a painter. Returning to NYC, he began painting and remained a self-taught artist. Although most of his career was spent as a resident of NYC and London, after 1927 he made many trips back to visit his family in California. He exhibited regularly with the San Francisco Art Assn, Galerie Beaux Arts, and with brothers Robert and John. A modern

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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