 Contact 7 E. Anapamu St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: (805) 730-1460 Fax: (805) 730-1462 Email: sales@sullivangoss.com Web Site: www.sullivangoss.com Directions to the Gallery Second Location: 1266 Coast Village Road Montecito, CA 93018 Phone: 805-969-5112 Fax: 805-969-0220 | Ralph W. Holmes (1876 - 1963)Landscape painter and illustrator, Ralph William Holmes was born October 1, 1876 in the Chicago suburb of La Grange, Illinois. His early studies were at Northwestern University (1895-1898), and the Art Institute of Chicago (1898-1902). During the summer of 1901, he took the opportunity of further study in Paris which was the first of three European study and travel trips taken by Holmes. Between the years of 1904-1912, Holmes served as registrar of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in part due to his leadership, the school increased in size establishing itself as the largest art school in the United States. In 1912, Holmes left Chicago to accept the position as head of the Department of Art at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, PA. During this time he continued developing his own work by executing murals in Pittsburgh and New York as well as painting a number of smaller oils for private homes. After 5 years at Carnegie, he accepted an offer to work as head artist for an advertising company in Atascadero, CA. Holmes left Atascadero in 1923 to begin what became a 25 year post as an instructor of drawing and painting at The Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. Throughout this period, he exhibited widely in many galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Santa Paula. In the late fifties, Holmes retired to the small community of Twin Lakes Park in Chatsworth, CA. He set up a small private studio here where he devoted his time to recording the beauty of his natural surroundings until his death in 1963. Exhibitions (selected list): (1950) Glendale Art Association, Glendale California (1940) Gump’s, San Francisco, California (1940) Santa Paula – First Prize (1926, 1932) Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles, California (1919) Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California (1915) Carnegie Institute Click any image to enlarge it to see more information about the work. |
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