Larry Holmes
American painter, 1942–2022
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American painter, illustrator, and engraver, 1859–1950
American painter, designer, and illustrator, 1899–1976
American painter, born 1946
American painter and printmaker, 1929–2022
Larry Holmes
BiographyLarry Holmes (1942–2022) was an active member of the regional art community since settling in Delaware in the early 1970s. Holmes received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Science degrees from Pittsburg State University in Kansas, and he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1973. Later that year, Holmes joined the faculty of the University of Delaware where he served as the Chair of the Department of Art from 1982 to 1992 and taught painting until retiring in 2004. Throughout his career, Holmes participated in numerous annual shows at the Delaware Art Museum and was the subject of a solo exhibition in 1984.
