Howard Cook

Howard Norton Cook (1901–1980) was an American artist, particularly known for his wood engravings[1] and murals.

[1] Cook first came to Taos, New Mexico in 1926 commissioned by The Forum to make a series of woodcuts to illustrate Death Comes for the Archbishop that would be published serially in the periodical.

[7] In 1943 Cook was appointed to lead a World War II art unit in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

[10] In 1967, Cook became the first artist in the Roswell Museum and Art Center's Artist-in-Residence program.

Due to Cook's ill health, the couple moved to Santa Fe in 1976.

Steel Industry (1936) Cook's fresco at Joseph F. Weis, Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania