Frank Holl (painter)

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Self-portrait by Frank Holl, 1863

Frank Holl , actually Francis Montague Holl (born July 4, 1845 in Kentish Town , † July 31, 1888 in Hampstead ) was an English painter and illustrator .

life and work

Holl received his first lessons from his father, the famous copper engraver Francis Holl . At the age of 15 he moved to the school of the royal academy, where he won the gold medal and a two-year scholarship for the best historical painting in 1863 . In 1869 he painted a moving family scene The Lord gave it, the Lord took it , whereupon the Queen commissioned him to paint another picture on a similar subject. He then painted No News from the Sea (1871), in which he portrayed a seaman's wife, anxiously looking out towards the sea.

Holl was also an illustrator for various publications, including the work of Phineas Redux . Towards the end of his life, Holl turned to the portrait subject. There is a tendency towards the pathetic in his works , but they are always of great care and testify to the study of nature.

Works

Holl painting from 1888
Portrait of WS Gilbert by Frank Holl.
  • The sacrifice of Isaac
  • The fern collectors (1865)
  • The convalescent (1867)
  • The village funeral
  • A resting place in a railway station (1873)
  • Left in the lurch (1874)
  • The Firstborn (1876)
  • Going Home (1877)
  • Arrested at Newgate (1878)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ royalcollection.org.uk
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personal data
SURNAME Holl, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holl, Francis Montague (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English painter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Kentish Town
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1888
Place of death Hampstead