Delmas Howe (born October 22, 1935) is an American painter and muralist whose figurative work depicts

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and archetypal – sometimes homoerotic – themes in a neoclassical, realist style. After graduation from high school he progressed through undergraduate work at Wichita State University, then four years in the US Air Force, a move to the East Coast, graduate work at Yale University and several years of classes in NYC at the

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while working as a professional musician. After a return to the West and a successful design studio in Amarillo, Texas, he returned to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. His work is in the collections of a number of museums including the

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where his painting ''The Three Graces'' from 1978 is on permanent view, the British Museum,

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, and the New Mexico Museum of Art. ''The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe'' is a documentary which explores Howe's life, his work, and the controversy it has generated.

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