The Painting
An oil on board measuring 20" x 14½". Signed Holland.
About the Artist
George Herbert Buckingham Holland (1901-1987) was born in Northampton. He was educated
at Northampton Grammar School and trained as an artist at Northampton School of Art
and Leicester College of Art (1918-23). In 1923 he opened a studio at Whitworth Chambers,
George Row, Northampton. He lived in Chelsea, London, for a while before returning
in 1939 to Northampton, where he resided for the rest of his life. He was primarily
a portrait painter (three of his works are in the collection of the National Portrait
Gallery) but he also painted landscapes and still life. A retrospective exhibition
of his work was held in 1997 at the Central Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton,
to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.
The Subject
High Summer. Still life of red roses in full bloom with other flowers in a vase.
