Robert Boardman Howard (1896–1983), was a prominent American artist active in Northern California in the first half of the twentieth century. He is also known as Robert Howard, Robert B. Howard and Bob Howard. Howard was celebrated for his graphic art, watercolors, oils, and murals, as well as his Art Deco bas-reliefs and his Modernist sculptures and mobiles.
Boardman's cast concrete relief of a phoenix (1933), above the main entrance to Coit Tower
One of the two reliefs comprising Power and Light (1948), Howard's cast concrete sculpture at Pacific Gas and Electric Substation, San Francisco, California
John Galen Howard was an American architect and educator who began his career in New York before moving to California. He was the principal architect at several firms in both states and employed Julia Morgan early in her architectural career.
John Galen Howard in 1886
Wheeler Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, designed by Howard and completed in 1917. In the background is Sather Tower, completed by Howard in 1915.
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, 1901-03.
Electric Tower, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901.