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Harold T. Holden
Primarily known as a cowboy artist, Harold T. Holden or “H” as he is known to most folks has been capturing the West in sculptures and paintings for more than 35 years.
While his work can be found in the Oklahoma State Capitol and on a United States postage stamp, more recently he has been devoted to his public sculptures completing twenty monumental works in twenty years. These works are located in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas.
Holden dedicated four additional works of art in 2007, during Oklahoma's Centennial year. His largest piece to date, a one and one-half life-size sculpture of a pioneering family, The Homesteaders was dedicated in Enid, Oklahoma; and his larger than life quarter horse, World Champion was unveiled at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. He has dedicated two of three castings of The Ranger, a life and one quarter bucking horse commissioned for each of Northwestern Oklahoma State University's three campuses. Holden has also completed a 6' standing sculpture of Oklahoma's own Will Rogers as The Cherokee Kid.
In 2001, Holden received the Governor's Art Award from former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating and has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Sculpture Society. He was elected to professional membership in the National Sculpture Society in 2004.
He was featured in a one man show at the Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado in 2007. Holden was selected for the cover and featured in the Fall 2007 issue of Oklahoma State University's, State magazine and completed a one man show at the Oklahoma State University Foundation in early 2008.
Current shows include Rendezvous, the Prix de West Invitational Art Show and Sale, Masters of the American West and Cheyenne Frontier Days. Holden lives near Kremlin, Oklahoma with his wife Edna Mae.
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