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William Henry Holmes

William Henry Holmes

William Henry Holmes was a painter and a scientist at the same time. He is best known for his panoramic drawings of the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, made for government surveys, and he also painted watercolours and oils of landscapes and daily life.

Born in Harrison County, Ohio, he went to Washington to study art and was soon working as a scientific illustrator at the Smithsonian Institution. He joined the survey expeditions to Yellowstone, later became a leading archaeologist and anthropologist, and headed the Bureau of American Ethnology. From 1920 he directed the Smithsonian’s national art collection. Mount Holmes in Yellowstone is named after him.

His paintings, such as A Mexican Laundry and A Gypsy Camp, have the clear, observant eye of someone trained to record exactly what was in front of him.

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A Gypsy Camp by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Gypsy CampWilliam Henry Holmes$249A Mexican Laundry by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Mexican LaundryWilliam Henry Holmes$249Ancient Stone Round Tower by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionAncient Stone Round TowerWilliam Henry Holmes$249Blossoms by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBlossomsWilliam Henry Holmes$249Your own photo?

People, pets, houses and places, painted in oil by hand.

Commission a painting Capri by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionCapriWilliam Henry Holmes$249Chestnut Trees in Bloom by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionChestnut Trees in BloomWilliam Henry Holmes$249Field of Blossoms by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionField of BlossomsWilliam Henry Holmes$249Field of Varicolored Grasses in Late Summer by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionField of Varicolored Grasses in Late SummerWilliam Henry Holmes$249Still Life – Apple and Bottle by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionStill Life – Apple and BottleWilliam Henry Holmes$259The Grand Canyon at the Foot of the Toroweap by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Grand Canyon at the Foot of the ToroweapWilliam Henry Holmes$249The Open Sea by William Henry Holmes, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Open SeaWilliam Henry Holmes$249