Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Holden, Donald, 1931- |
| Title: | Donald Holden Papers |
| Dates: | 1962-2006 |
| Quantity: | 7 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Holden's writings (articles, books) and artwork (drawings of nude human figure in various media, watercolor landscapes); binders containing a catalog of Holden's watercolors and slides of his work in public collections; assortment of exhibition catalogs and articles about the painter. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
American artist, art educator. Published art instruction books under pseudonym, Wendon Blake.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Subject Headings
Persons
Blake, Wendon.
Holden, Donald.
Subjects
Art -- Study and teaching.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art, American.
Figure drawing.
Human figure in art.
Nude in art.
Painters -- United States
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Genres and Forms
Articles.
Books.
Drawings (visual works)
Occupations
Artists.
Painters.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Donald Holden Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: KM
Date: Oct 1998
Revision history: 2 Jun 2005 - EAD file created (MRR);
16 Jan 2007 - updated finding aid to include additions through 2006 (MRC)
Inventory
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Articles (photocopies) 1964-1994 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Books (by Donald Holden) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Art Career Guide, 1st-4th editions | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Whistler Landscapes and Seascapes (hardbound) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Whistler Landscapes and Seascapes (paperback) | ||||||||||
| Books (by Wendon Blake) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Acrylic Painting Book | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Artist's Guide to Using Color | ||||||||||
| The Artists Painting Library | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Acrylic Painting | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Children's Portraits in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Color in Acrylic | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Color in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Color in Watercolor | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Figure Drawing | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Figures in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Landscape Drawing | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Landscapes in Acrylic | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Landscapes in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Landscapes in Watercolor | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Oil Painting | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Portrait Drawing | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Portraits in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Seascapes in Acrylic | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Seascapes in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Seascapes in Watercolor | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Starting to Draw | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Watercolor Painting | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Acrylic Watercolor Painting | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Color Book | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Complete Acrylic Painting Book | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Complete Guide to Acrylic Painting | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Complete Guide to Landscape Painting in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Complete Oil Painting Book | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Complete Painting Course | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Complete Watercolor Book | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Creative Color: a Practical Guide for Oil Painters | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Creative Color for the Oil Painter | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Drawing Book | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Farbe in der aquarellmalerei | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Getting Started in Drawing | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Landschaften in Öl | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Landscape Painting in Oil | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Oil Painting Book | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Painting in Alkyd (hardbound) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Painting in Alkyd (paperback) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Portrait and Figure Painting Book | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Watercolor Painting Book | ||||||||||
| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Articles about 1987 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Exhibition catalogs 1990-1994 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Holding institutions of original work | ||||||||||
| Artwork | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Catalog of watercolors (8 binders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Slides of watercolors in public collections | ||||||||||
| Drawings (by date) | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1962 "Seated Nude" - pencil 10 x 6 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1964 "Nude Back" - carbon 7 1/2 x 11 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1965 "Reclining Nude" - pencil 7 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1966 "Standing Nude" - White Magna on paper toned with oil wash 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1967 "Standing Nude" - White Magna on paper toned with oil wash 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1968 "Seated Nude" - pencil 10 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1969 "Nude Back" - brown chalk 9 1/2 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1970 "Seated Nude" - Prismacolor pencil 9 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1971 "Standing Nude" - charcoal and chalk 9 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1972 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor pencil and wash 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1974 "Standing Nude" - White Magna on paper toned with oil wash 11 1/2 x 8 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1974 "Reclining Nude" - gray chalk on black paper 9 x 11 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1983 "Reclining Nude" - Prismacolor pencil and wash 6 x 9 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1984 "Seated Nude" - Prismacolor pencil 9 x 11 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1985 "Reclining Nude" - Prismacolor pencil 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1986 "Torso" - Prismacolor pencil 8 1/2 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1987 "Torso" - Prismacolor pencil 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1988 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor pencil 11 x 10 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1989 "Standing Nude" - Prismacolor pencil 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1991 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor crayon 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1992 "Kneeling Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1992 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor pencil 7 1/4 x 11 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1993 "Seated Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 11 1/2 x 8 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1994 "Crouching Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1994 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor crayon 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1995 "Crouching Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1996 "Reclining Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 8 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1997 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 1998 "Reclining Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 9 1/2 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 1999 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2000 "Reclining Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2001 "Reclining Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 9 3/4 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2002 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2003 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2004 "Reclining Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2005 "Nude Back" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2006 "Seated Nude" - Prismacolor crayon 10 x 14 | ||||||||||
| Watercolors (by date) | |||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1987 "November Light I" 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1987 "Tidepool III" 71/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1989 "Grand Tetons Storm I" 9 x 13 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1989 "Red Cloud III" 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1990 "Mendocino Moonlight I" 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1990 "Yellowstone Fire XIII" 13 x 9 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1991 "After the Rain II" 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1992 "Monhegan Morning I" 13 x 9 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1992 "Monhegan Surf VI" 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1993 "Sunset at Casper I" 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1993 "Yellowstone Fire XXXI" 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1994 "Lake Powell III" 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1995 "Hudson Moonlight II" 8 3/4 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1996 "Dawn at Longcol I" 7 1/2 x 11 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1996 "Squeaker Cove I" 8 1/2 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1997 "Garson II" 8 1/2 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1997 "Wooded Shore XVII" 8 1/2 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1998 "Dusk at Gull Pond X" 8 1/2 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1999 "Dusk in Brittany III" 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 2000 "Thomaston II" 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 2001 "Forest Fire XIV" 9 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 2002 "Monhegan Harbor IX" 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2003 "Adirondack Moonlight VI" 8 1/2 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2004 "Dusk at Deertrack VII" 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2005 "Breton Coast II" 9 x 12 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 2006 "Dusk at Lake Powell XV" 8 1/2 x 12 | ||||||||||