PEOPLE Noted cowboy artist lives pioneer values seen in his work Harold Holden inducted into Oklahoma Hall of Fame by M. J. Van Deventer
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arold T. Holden exemplifies all that is good about Oklahoma’s western heritage and its cowboy lifestyle — honesty, loyalty and solid down-home pioneer values. Those are the qualities about his character and his art profession that were honored during his induction into the prestigious 87th annual Oklahoma Hall of Fame Nov. 13 in a gala blacktie ceremony at Oklahoma City’s Cox Convention Center. Charles P. Schroeder, a cowboy himself and a past president of the National Cowboy &Western Heritage Museum, served as the presenter for Holden’s induction. An internationally known artist living on his ranch in Kremlin, 10 miles north of Enid, Holden – “H” to his friends and wife Edna Mae – is one of the few Oklahoma artists to receive the Governor’s Arts Award. He is also noted as one of the few Oklahoma artists who have an abundance of art in public places. Harold Holden
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