"Less
is more" is a concept that permeates Donald Holden's
watercolors.
Color range, format,
and subject matter are deliberately understated. His
atmospheric watercolors are completed in the mind of
the viewer. All of this contributes to what the artist
calls a "distillation of vision". Holden prefers
to work on a small, intimate scale. He believes that
this format brings the viewer into a direct and intense
relationship with the painting. "It's more than
meets the eye," says Holden. Holden's spiritual
mentors are the 15th century Japanese master, Sesshe,
J.M.W. Turner, and James McNeill Whistler. |
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Donald
Holden, NA
Born: Los Angeles,
CA 1931
1947- Art Students
League of New York
1951- BA Columbia University
1952- MA Ohio State University
1986- Honorary Doctorate Maine College of Art
1994 -elected to National Academy
Honors and Awards:
Florsheim Art Fund
grant, 1999
Adolph & Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy of
Design 176th Annual
Exhibition, 2001
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Selected
Public Collections in US & Great Britain
Art Students League
of New York
British Museum, London
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
National Academy, NY
National Gallery, Washington, DC
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Medium: watercolor
Size: 7 1/4" X 10 3/4"
Price: $2,300.00 |
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