{"title":"Holiday, Henry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Holiday (1839-1927)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English Victorian painter of historical genre and landscapes, also a stained-glass designer, illustrator, and sculptor. He was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, many of whom he knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday was born in London. He showed an early aptitude for art and was given lessons by William Cave Thomas. He attended Leigh's art academy (where a fellow student was Frederick Walker) and in 1855, at the age of 15, was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools. Through his friendship with Albert Moore and Simeon Solomon he was introduced to the artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This movement was to be pivotal in his future artistic and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday worked in both oils and watercolours. In 1858, his first picture, a landscape painting, was exhibited at the Royal Academy and immediately sold; from that year his work was frequently shown at the Academy and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday spent much time at the studios of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, where groups of artists would meet to discuss, exchange and pool ideas. The influence of Burne-Jones can be seen in Holiday's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1861, Holiday accepted the position of stained glass window designer for Powell's Glass Works, after Burne-Jones had left to work for Morris \u0026amp; Co. During his time there he fulfilled over 300 commissions, mostly for customers in the United States. He left in 1891 to set up his own glass works in Hampstead, producing stained glass, mosaics, enamels and sacerdotal objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday's stained glass work can be found all over Britain. Some of his best is at the chapel of Worcester College, Oxford (c.1865); Westminster Abbey (the Isambard Kingdom Brunel memorial window, 1868); St Luke's Church, Kentish Town; St Mary Magdalene, Paddington (1869); and Chartered Accountants' Hall, Moorgate. In 2018, four of his stained-glass windows were reinstalled in Chartered Accountants' Hall after being lost for almost 50 years following their removal for an extension in 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples in the United States of Holiday's work may be seen in the sacristy of St. John's Chapel, Groton School (Groton, Massachusetts - panels by Holiday repurposed from the School's original chapel), and in Grace Church in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn October 1864, Holiday married Catherine Raven (1839-1924) and they moved to Bayswater, London. His wife was a talented embroiderer who worked for Morris \u0026amp; Co. They had one daughter, Winifred (1866-1949).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn July 1875, Holiday was commissioned by Lewis Carroll to illustrate \u003cstrong\u003eThe Hunting of the Snark\u003c\/strong\u003e. He remained a friend of the author throughout his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1899, Holiday worked with Jessie Mothersole as studio assistant and she remained closely associated with the family until Holiday's death. In 1906 Holiday gave Mothersole a drawing of his daughter Winifred, which later was acquired by the British Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, Holiday went to Egypt, painting a series of watercolours and illustrations on ancient Egyptian themes. These were exhibited at Walker's Gallery, London, in March 1908 jointly with Mothersole who had been working on Egyptian archaeological drawings and watercolours since 1903\/4. In 1907–08, he commissioned the building of a holiday home, Betty Fold, in his favourite part of the Lake District.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday had been a socialist throughout his life and, together with his wife Kate and daughter Winifred, supported the Suffragette movement. The family were close acquaintances of Myra Sadd Brown and Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter, and had organised local suffragette meetings in the Lake District.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday died on 15 April 1927 in London, two years after his wife, Catherine. His nephew, Gilbert Holiday (1879–1937), son of Sir Frederick Holiday, was also an artist who also has paintings in British collections.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"holiday-henry-1839-1927-dante-and-beatrice-1883","title":"Holiday, Henry (1839-1927) - Dante and Beatrice 1883","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"8374657809193726699\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Dante and Beatrice' was the most important painting by Henry Holiday. The theme of the painting is inspired by the autobiography Vita Nuova of the medieval poet Dante (1265-1321). Dante concealed his love for Beatrice by pretending to be attracted to other women. 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