Cliff Holden
Cliff Holden FCSD (born 1919, Manchester, England) is a British painter, designer, and silk-screen printer.
In 1944, Holden met David Bomberg (1890–1957) at the City Literary Institute in London. In 1945, he and other artists followed Bomberg to Borough Polytechnic. There he founded the Borough Group in 1946 together with other pupils of Bomberg after consultation with him. The purpose of the group was to develop the ideas of Bomberg who taught at Borough Polytechnic during the 1940s and 1950s, and was the leading light of the movement. Holden was first president of the group during 1946–48, as suggested by Bomberg, after which Bomberg became president and the group extended to 11 members. The group was active until 1951.
Holden met the Swedish artist and has exhibited in Sweden. From 1956, he lived in Sweden and his artworks are also in collections there.
Cliff Holden is a member of the London Group. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers and the . He is also a design associate of the . He received an honorary docorate from London South Bank University in 2006.
The collections of the Arts Council, Manchester City Art Gallery, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Tate Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, and other art museums include work by Holden.
See also
Further members of the Borough Group at Borough Polytechnic:
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