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Museums page for William Henry Holmes ((1846 - 1933)), known for Southwest survey artist, panoramic painting. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1846 Cadiz, Ohio - 1933 Royal Oak, Michigan. Known for: Southwest survey artist, panoramic painting.
Born near Cadiz, Ohio, William Henry Holmes was a survey-field artist, who earned a reputation as a skilled panoramic landscape painter of the Grand Canyon. He also did delicate watercolors in... Read full biography
Born near Cadiz, Ohio, William Henry Holmes was a survey-field artist, who earned a reputation as a skilled panoramic landscape painter of the Grand Canyon. He also did delicate watercolors in traditional style, and was a writer, archaeologist, teacher and illustrator. He lived in Washington DC,... Read full biography
Born near Cadiz, Ohio, William Henry Holmes was a survey-field artist, who earned a reputation as a skilled panoramic landscape painter of the Grand Canyon. He also did delicate watercolors in traditional style, and was a writer, archaeologist, teacher and illustrator. He lived in Washington DC, Chicago and Royal Oak, Michigan. Holmes was educated in the public schools of Georgetown, Ohio, and was a teacher until 1872. He then moved to Washington D.C. where he studied art with Theodore... Read full biography
Born near Cadiz, Ohio, William Henry Holmes was a survey-field artist, who earned a reputation as a skilled panoramic landscape painter of the Grand Canyon. He also did delicate watercolors in traditional style, and was a writer, archaeologist, teacher and illustrator. He lived in Washington DC, Chicago and Royal Oak, Michigan. Holmes was educated in the public schools of Georgetown, Ohio, and was a teacher until 1872. He then moved to Washington D.C. where he studied art with Theodore Kaufmann, and did sketching of specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. He also studied in Germany at the Munich Art Academy. In 1872, succeeding Thomas Moran, he became field artist for the United States Geological Survey, called the Hayden Expedition, of... Read full biography
Born near Cadiz, Ohio, William Henry Holmes was a survey-field artist, who earned a reputation as a skilled panoramic landscape painter of the Grand Canyon. He also did delicate watercolors in traditional style, and was a writer, archaeologist, teacher and illustrator. He lived in Washington DC, Chicago and Royal Oak, Michigan. Holmes was educated in the public schools of Georgetown, Ohio, and was a teacher until 1872. He then moved to Washington D.C. where he studied art with Theodore Kaufmann, and did sketching of specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. He also studied in Germany at the Munich Art Academy. In 1872, succeeding Thomas Moran, he became field artist for the United States Geological Survey, called the Hayden Expedition, of what became Yellowstone Park. The leader was Ferdinand Hayden, and from him, Holmes learned about much abo... Read full biography
William Henry Holmes - Artist Info
About William Henry Holmes: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsNational Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New Mexico Museum of Art
113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501Whistler House Museum of Art
243 Worthen Street
Lowell, MA 01852-1822