Anthony Holdsworth

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About the artist

Anthony Holdsworth was born in England in 1945. He was introduced to oil painting in high school by the New England painter, Loring Coleman. Holdsworth embarked on a painting career while working as Head of Outdoor Restoration for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy after the flood of 1966. He continued his studies at the Bournemouth College of Art in England where he studied with master draftsman Samuel Rabin and color theorist Jon Fish and at the San Francisco Art Institute where he studied with Julius Hatofsky, Bruce McGaw and Fred Martin. He has shown with major galleries in Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles. He has participated in two exhibitions at the Oakland Museum. He was included in the California Cityscapes exhibition at the San Diego Museum. He was a recipient of WESTAF-NEA fellowship in 1990. His work is in corporate and private collections worldwide.

 

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Painters Exploring Italy - Extended 2 weeks
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September 2, 2017
May 15, 2017
Mission Lake an urban legend
May 15, 2017
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May 15, 2017
February 19, 2017
The Rise of Fascism In America
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February 19, 2017
May 22, 2016
Large Acrylic Prints and Other News
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November 28, 2014
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November 20, 2014
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February 16, 2014
Mission Series Part 4 - Upcoming Exhibition
February 16, 2014
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February 16, 2014
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November 18, 2013
Mission Series Part 3: Dia de los Muertos
November 18, 2013
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November 18, 2013
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August 25, 2013
Balmy Alley: on the Red Road
August 25, 2013
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December 14, 2011
Anarcho-Syndicalism, Camille Pissarro and the Occupy Movement
December 14, 2011
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December 14, 2011
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November 4, 2011
Occupy San Francisco No Business as Usual
November 4, 2011
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November 4, 2011
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October 26, 2011
OCCUPY OAKLAND: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT? AN ARTIST'S VIEW
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October 26, 2011
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September 17, 2011
The Cabbage Series in Memory of my Brother
September 17, 2011
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September 17, 2011
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January 13, 2011
Jerry Brown on Broadway
January 13, 2011
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January 13, 2011
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November 29, 2009
Augusta Lee Collins: a voice from the street
November 29, 2009
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November 29, 2009
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July 27, 2009
A Return to the 80's in Central America?
July 27, 2009
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July 27, 2009
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June 21, 2009
Mexico en mi corazon: Mexico in my heart
June 21, 2009
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June 21, 2009
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May 19, 2009
The Urban Garden
May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009
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April 16, 2009
News in the News Pt 2: The Once and Future Chronicle
April 16, 2009
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April 16, 2009
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March 2, 2009
A Conversation with Spain Rodriguez: L. A. Paint at the Oakland Museum of California
March 2, 2009
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February 2, 2009
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Anthony Holdsworth

Dispatches from the street