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Harold Herbert Holden
Occupations
  • Artist
  • Teacher
Organizations

Harold Herbert Holden RWS, ARCA (Lond.) was an artist from Birmingham, England, active in the mid twentieth century.[1][2]

He was principal of the Leeds School of Art,[2] then in the late 1920s and 1930s, of Birmingham School of Art.[2] He was president of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA), 1954–1955, a member of the Royal Watercolour Society[1] 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.[3]

His pupils included Percy Shakespeare[1][2] and Norman Neasom.[4]

Two of his works are in the RBSA permanent collection.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Price, Robert (1979). A Memorial exhibition to Percy Shakespeare, A.R.B.S.A. 1906–1943. Dudley Art Gallery.
  2. ^ a b c d Shaw, Robin (2000). 'Percy Shakespeare: Dudley's Painter of the Thirties. ISBN 978-0-9539126-0-5.
  3. ^ Letter to Holden from RBSA, Holden file, RBSA.
  4. ^ Fenwick, Simon (7 May 2010). "Norman Neasom". The Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  5. ^ RBSA catalogue