Harold Herbert Holden RWS, ARCA (Lond.) (7 December 1885 – 19 April 1977) was an English artist from

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, active in the mid-20th century. He was principal of the

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, then in the late 1920s and 1930s, of

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. He was president of the

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(RBSA), 1954–1955, a member of the

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and an Associate of the

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. By September 1964, he was living in

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, and was made an Honorary member of the RBSA. His pupils included

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and Norman Neasom. Two of his works are in the RBSA permanent collection.RBSA catalogue

References

1977 deaths Members and Associates of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Artists from Birmingham, West Midlands English artists Academics of Leeds Arts University Academics of the Birmingham School of Art 1885 births {{England-artist-stub