A member of the Pre-Raphaelite Art Movement, Henry Holiday is one of the most important artists of the nineteenth century. The artist was particularly fond of the Lake District and numerous visits to England's largest national park shaped his love for nature. In addition to landscape painting, Holiday made a name for himself through his genre paintings, sculptures, illustrations and above all through stained glass.
Henry Holiday was a Londoner through and through - and a child of his time. He showed an early affinity for the arts and attended Leigh's art academy together with the representative of Socialist Realism, Frederick Walker. At the age of only 15, Holiday was accepted into the Royal Academy and quickly built up a network. Through his friends and colleagues Albert Moore and Simeon Solomon, he met three important members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, who defined Pre-Raphaelism, which was named after them. The Brotherhood was strongly influenced by Italian painters like Raphael, but also by German artists like the Nazarenes. The aim of the collective was, in a time superficially marked by industrialization, to draw again from nature and to rediscover it through painting - an ideal entirely to Holiday's taste. The movement had a decisive influence on the life and career of the artist. In his diaries, he recorded in his many journeys how much he was touched by the landscapes of the Lake District. Besides nature, Holiday's greatest influence was his colleague Edward Burne-Jones. He frequented the artist's studio frequently and Burne-Jones' influence is evident in Holiday's work. Together they discussed problems of aesthetics and exchanged new methods and ideas. After Burne-Jones left Powell's Glass Works in 1861 to work for Morris & Co., Holiday followed in his footsteps and took on over 300 commissions during his career, most of them from overseas. As an illustrator he designed, among other things, Lewis Carroll's "The Hunt for the Snark". Holiday also collaborated with the architect William Burges and designed wall and ceiling paintings for Oxfords Worcester College. In his later career, he designed his own house: "Betty Fold", near Hawkshead. His wanderlust led him to Egypt in 1907 - a holiday with an effect that is clearly reflected in his later works. Always at Holiday's side was his wife Kate, who did embroidery work for Morris & Co.
One of his most famous works is, beside the painting "Dante and Beatrice" (1883), the "Brunel Memorial Window" in London's Westminster Abbey. Both works are excellent examples of Holiday's extraordinary artistic talent on various levels. Throughout his life he also made a name for himself as a socialist and supporter of the suffragette movement, alongside his wife Kate and daughter Winifred. Holiday died in London in 1927.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380788).jpg "Seek & Ye Shall Find by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Cambridge, Trinity College, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, Simon de Montfort, adapted from Carl Almquist by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Dragons (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Hate, Bestiality & Venom by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Beaver brought paper, portfolio and pens, from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-381119).jpg "Washing of the Feet by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Cambridge, Trinity College, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, Carolus, CA by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Sappho and Phaon (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Barcote Chapel, Praising Angels by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Barcote Chapel, Charity by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380796).jpg "O Ye Seas & Floods, Benedicite Window (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Quatrefoil Tracery, Angel by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Cambridge, Trinity College, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, Phoebe, adapted from Carl Almquist by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380793).jpg "O All Ye Children Of Men, Benedicite Window (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Evesham, All Saints, James Powell & Sons, Henry Holiday, Moses by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Supporting Each Man on the Top of the Tide, from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1484592).jpg "Dante Alighieri meeting his muse Beatrice Portinari in Florence, c.1890 by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Cambridge, Trinity College, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, Bertha, CA by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Peace On Earth, Angels by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "To pursue it with forks and hope, pub. 1876 by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Kirkstall, St Stephen, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, St Anne by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Beaver brought paper, portfolio and pens, pub. 1876 by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Faith & Hope by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Design for a stained glass window for a theological college in New Jersey, USA by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Westminster, St Margaret, James Powell & Sons, Henry Holiday, The Passion Of Christ by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380747).jpg "Archangels St Michael and St Gabriel by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "He had wholly forgotten his name, pub. 1876 by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Angels Adoring Mary & The Baby Jesus by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380738).jpg "The Fiery Furnace by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Peace Be Still, East Window by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Risen Christ, c.1875 by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Archangel St Michael & Dragons by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Angel Of Victory by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Cambridge, Trinity College, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, Hieronymus, adapted from Carl Almquist by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-381088).jpg "The Annunciation by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Trinity College, Cambridge, Ludovicus, 1870, adapted from Carl Almquist by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-381128).jpg "Quatrefoil Angel by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380786).jpg "Hope by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "To Pursue it with Forks and Hope, from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Kirkstall, St Stephen, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, The Annunciation by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "You Must Know - Said the Judge but the Snark Exclaimed Fudge! by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380797).jpg "Let The Waters Bring Forth, Benedicite Window (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-938847).jpg "Window, c.1872 by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-381065).jpg "Faith (detail), 1871 by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380800).jpg "O All Ye Winds Of The Gods, Benedicite Window (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St John by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Pool of Bethesda (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313231).jpg "Italian Poet Dante Alighieri and Beatrice Portinari by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Westminster, St Margaret, James Powell & Sons, Henry Holiday, The Passion Of Christ by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380808).jpg "Enoch & Elijah by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Last Supper by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Kirkstall, St Stephen, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, Head Of A Maiden by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "He had wholly forgotten his name, from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380794).jpg "Seraphim Angel (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380733).jpg "Ruth Gleaning by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Archangel Uriel (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Westminster, St Margaret, James Powell & Sons, Henry Holiday, Tracery Angels by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906679).jpg "Head of a Girl by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380756).jpg "Adoration of The Lamb by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-381057).jpg "The Virgin Mary, 1873 by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-381058).jpg "The Three Marys, 1874 by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Westminster, St Margaret, James Powell & Sons, Henry Holiday, Tracery Angels by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Truth & Love by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380789).jpg "Isaiah by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380753).jpg "Tracery Angel by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Parable of the Talents by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380798).jpg "O Ye Sun & Moon, Benedicite Window (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380755).jpg "Angels, Adoration of The Lamb by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-381163).jpg "The Three Marys and an Angel by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Study in Drapery by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380801).jpg "Benedicite Window by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380732).jpg "Ruth with Corn by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Moses Leaving The Court Of Pharaoh (detail) by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Study of a standing female figure, holding a child on her left shoulder by Henry Holiday")
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_Watercolour_on_card_-_(MeisterDrucke-941412).jpg "Duet by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Mother, Shepherd & Harvester by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "Cambridge, Trinity College, Heaton Butler & Bayne, Henry Holiday, Sigbert, adapted from Carl Almquist by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-967748).jpg "St Cecilia, St Agnes & St George, c.1872 by Henry Holiday")
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.jpg "The Beaver kept looking the opposite way, from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 by Henry Holiday")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-380745).jpg "Angels by Henry Holiday")
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