Art of the Americas

Bill Holm (art historian)

O. William Holm Jr. (March 24, 1925 – December 16, 2020) was an American art historian and author who worked and published under the name Bill Holm. His specialty was First Nations Northwest Coast art, and he was known for creating much of the vocabulary used to describe formline design. Holm's book Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form (1965) has been a foundational work in the study of this art.

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• ▸Hernán Cortés
• ▸Albert H. Bumstead
• ▸Itzcoatl

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