Charles Howorth, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Howorth
New Zealand artist
Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1856
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1945
Profession: painter
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Charles Howorth
- Charles Henry Howorth (1856 – 22 August 1945) was a New Zealand artist. An engineer by profession, Howorth lived and worked in Southland for at least 22 years.
- He painted mostly with oil paints and watercolours.
- A co-founder of the Invercargill Art Society in 1893, he exhibited at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts between 1897 and 1911.
- An oil painting of the sea shore near Bluff won a prize at the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904.
- Howorth moved to Wanganui in about 1912, and was an early member of Wanganui Arts and Crafts Society. Members of Howorth's extended family included: the English engraver Charles Mottram (his grandfather) and New Zealand politician Henry Howorth (his uncle).
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