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Harold Holden

Harold Holden

English artist

Harold Herbert Holden RWS, ARCA (Lond.) (7 December 1885 – 19 April 1977) was an English artist from Birmingham, active in the mid-20th century.[5][6]

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He was principal of the Leeds School of Art,[6] then in the late 1920s and 1930s, of Birmingham School of Art.[6] He was president of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA), 1954–1955, a member of the Royal Watercolour Society[5] and an Associate of the Royal College of Arts.

By September 1964, he was living in Westbury-on-Trym, and was made an Honorary member of the RBSA.[7]

His pupils included Percy Shakespeare[5][6] and Norman Neasom.[8]

Two of his works are in the RBSA permanent collection.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    1939 England and Wales Register
  2. [2]
    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  3. [3]
    1911 England Census
  4. [4]
    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  5. [5]
    Price, Robert (1979). A Memorial exhibition to Percy Shakespeare, A.R.B.S.A. 1906–1943. Dudley Art Gallery.
  6. [6]
    Shaw, Robin (2000). 'Percy Shakespeare: Dudley's Painter of the Thirties. ISBN 978-0-9539126-0-5.
  7. [7]
    Letter to Holden from RBSA, Holden file, RBSA.
  8. [8]
    Fenwick, Simon (7 May 2010). "Norman Neasom". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  9. [9]
    RBSA catalogue


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