Lillian holt biography
Lilian Thirza Charlotte Holt (–) was a British artist, also known by her married name, Bomberg.
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Lilian Holt
British artist
Lilian Thirza Charlotte Holt[1] (1898–1983) was a British artist, also known by her married name, Bomberg.
She was a founding member of the Borough Group.[2] Her dedication to her partner and family limited her career and opportunities as an artist.[3]
Biography
The daughter of Oliver Oswald Holt,[4] a civil servant,[5] Holt studied at Putney Art School and took evening classes at Regent Street Polytechnic.[2][6] In 1914, she started work with the Post Office in London as a telephonist,[7] and served in the Women's Land Army during World War I.[6] Her first marriage, to London art dealer Jacob Mendelson, and the birth of her daughter Dinora Mendelson (1924–2010)[8] (herself an artist, married at one time to Leslie Marr)[9][10] limited her opportunities to paint during the 1920s but she studied the work of Walter Sickert, J