Waiting Room by British Artist Harry Holland

Waiting room by British artist Harry Holland. Circa 1982.

Charcoal and chalk on heavy wove paper. Signed lower right.

Painting measurements - Height 24cm x Width 25.5cm. Frame measurements – Height 49cm x Width 49cm

Harry Holland is a highly regarded British Artist.

Born in Glasgow in 1941 he spent his childhood in different parts of the UK settling in London in 1949.  He trained at St. Martin’s School of Art from 1965-69 where he first exhibited in 1969.  In 1973 he moved to Cardiff where he lives and paints today.

As well as participating in many group shows and international fairs, Holland has had countless solo exhibitions around the world.

His public commissions include: Cardiff City Council: Cardiff Castle Mural; Greater London Council, Portrait of Illtyd Harrington, ILEA Chairman; Welsh Arts Council: Print Commission (The Final Proof Exhibition); Portrait of Lord Callaghan.

Holland's works are in the following public collections: Tate Gallery, London Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; European Parliament Collection; National Museum of Wales; British Museum, London; Belgian National Collection; Heiniken Collection, Amsterdam; Newport Museum and Art Gallery; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Scottish equitable, Edinburgh; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Contemporary Arts Society; Welsh Arts Council, Contemporary Arts Society for Wales; University of Wales; BBC Wales; Gatmore Investment Management Ltd; National Portrait Gallery, Canada; Senate of the Italian Republic, Palazzo Madama, Rome and many corporate and private collections worldwide.