George Herbert Buckingham Holland (1901-1987) was born in Northampton and educated at Northampton Grammar School. He trained as an artist at Northampton School of Art and Leicester College of Art in 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, but also painted landscapes and still life. Three of his works are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, and his works are also in the collections of the Royal Academy of Music, Birmingham School of Music, Northampton Art Gallery, National Library of Wales, and Keble College, Oxford. He was President of the Northampton Town and County Art Society in 1949-50 and President of Kettering and District Art Society in 1982. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held in 1997 at the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.

Newnham, Northamptonshire
An oil on board, measuring 14½” x 21½”. Signed Holland. Provenance: previously with R.S. Savage & Sons, Northampton.

The Subject
First World War memorial at Newnham, near Daventry, Northamptonshire.

Resting the Horse
An oil on paper laid on board, measuring 11” x 15”. Signed Holland and dated [19]’28.

The Subject
A group of travellers have stopped for a rest, and have unhitched their horse from the bright gipsy caravan in the foreground.