Douglass Morse Howell (1906 – 1994)[1][2] was an American papermaker, educator, and Modernist painter.
[1] In 1930 during the Great Depression, he returned to the United States to work as a banker and literary agent.
[1] When Howell returned to New York City after serving in World War II, he established himself as a fine printer and discovered that art paper was in short supply.
[9][10] The handmade papers were used for printmaking, artist book making, collage, drawing and watercolors.
[11] Howell created special handmade paper for artists Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Larry Rivers, Alfonso A. Ossorio, and others.