€2,000 - €4,000
Star Lot: Edward Henry Holder (1847-1922) A 19th century original beautiful Edward Henry Holder (1847-1922) oil on canvas painting titled 'Langdale Pikes, Grasmere'. Features the serene and majestic beauty of the Lake District in England. Rendered in a harmonious blend of natural colours with rich greens, earthy browns and the cool blues of the water and sky. Holder's use of colour evoke the changing light. Achieved with detailed and expressive brushstrokes. Signed 'E. H Holder' bottom right. Housed in a heavy gilt frame behind glass. With title inscribed to frame. Edward Henry Holder sells fantastically at auction, with works fetching in the mid thousands at Bonhams.
MM: 59 x 44 cm including frame.
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The Yorkshire artist Edward Henry Holder was born in Scarborough and exhibited his work from 1864 to 1893 at Suffolk Street and also at the Royal Academy from 1872 to 1873. He was primarily a landscape painter and his subjects were mainly coastal views in Yorkshire. He lived in London and Holmsdale Road Reigate. Holder is known to have travelled extensively in Europe, but also as far as South Africa. In 1917 he exhibited a view of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi at the Royal Academy. Edward Henry Holder paintings are with the Russell-Cotes Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter City Council, Usher Gallery Lincoln, Victoria and Albert Museum, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery and York City Art Gallery.
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