Charles Holme (; 1848–1923) was an English journalist and art critic, founding editor of ''The Studio'' from 1893. He published a series of books promoting peasant art in the first decades of the 20th century.

Life

Holme was born on 7 October 1848 in

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, the younger son of a

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manufacturer, George Holme, and his wife Ann, ''née'' Brentnall. Holme himself worked in the silk and wool trades, trading with

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and

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in the 1870s. He subsequently opened offices in

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, visiting the country in 1889 with the painter Alfred East and Arthur Lasenby Liberty and his wife. He served as vice-president of the Japan Society, and was a recipient of the

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in 1902. Holme was a member of the private bibliophile club, the Sette of Odd Volumes, and President in 1890. Holme was painted by

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in 1908; the portrait was published in ''The Studio'' in 1911. He died on 14 March 1923 in

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''The Studio''

Following his retirement from trade in 1892, Holme founded ''The Studio: an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art'', a magazine dedicated to

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and

decorative arts ] The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. This includes most of the objects for the interiors of buildings, as well as interior design, but typically excl ...

, giving roughly equal weight to each. The first issue appeared in April 1893. The first serving editor was

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( Lewis Hind had acted as editor for four months before the launch of the magazine). In 1895 Holme took over as editor himself, although Gleeson White continued to contribute. Holme retired as editor in 1919 for reasons of health, and was succeeded by his son Charles Geoffrey Holme, who was already the editor of special numbers and year-books of the magazine.

Edited works

Special numbers of ''The Studio'' were edited by Holme for separate publication as books. * ''Corot and Millet; with critical essays by

Gustave Geffroy Gustave Geffroy (; 1 June 1855 – 4 April 1926) was a French journalist, art critic, historian and novelist. He was one of the ten founding members of the literary organisation Académie Goncourt in 1900. Geffroy is noted as one of the first hi ...

Arsène Alexandre Arsène Alexandre (16 August 1859 – 1 October 1937) was a French art critic. He was a contributor to ''L'Événement'', ''Le Paris'' and ''L'Éclair'' and in 1894 was one of the founders of the satirical journal ''Le Rire'', becoming its arti ...

'', 1902 * ''Daumier and Gavarni'' by Henri Frantz and

Octave Uzanne Octave Uzanne (; 14 September 1851 – 31 October 1931) was a 19th-century French bibliophile, writer, publisher, and journalist. He is noted for his literary research on the authors of the 18th century. He published many previously unpubli ...

, 1904 * ''Peasant art in Italy'' by S. J. A. Churchill, V. Balzano and Elisa Ricci, 1905 * ''The gardens of England in the southern & western counties'', 1907 * ''Art in England during the Elizabethan and Stuart periods'' by Aymer Vallance, 1908 * ''Old English mezzotints'' by Malcolm Salaman, 1910 * ''Peasant art in Sweden, Lapland and Iceland'' by Sten Granlund and Jarno Jessen (pseud.), 1910 * ''Peasant art in Austria and Hungary'' by A. S. Levetus, Dr. Haberlandt and

Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch (29 October 1863 – 16 June 1920) was a Hungarian Art Nouveau painter. He was born in Buda Buda (, ) is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the western bank of the Danube. Histori ...

, 1911 * ''Peasant art in Russia'', 1912 * ''Old houses in Holland'' by Sydney R. Jones, 1913 * ''The great painter-etchers from Rembrandt to Whistler'' by Malcolm Salaman, 1914 * ''The art of the book; a review of some recent European and American work in typography, page decoration & binding'', 1914 * ''Shakespeare in pictorial art'' by Malcolm Salaman, 1916 * ''The development of British landscape painting in water-colours'' by

Alexander Joseph Finberg Alexander Joseph Finberg (April 23, 1866 – March 15, 1939) was an art historian focused on the History of British Art who was a founder of the Walpole Society and an expert on J. M. W. Turner. Finberg was educated at City of London College, Ki ...

and E. A. Taylor, 1918.

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Life

''The Studio''

Edited works

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