Chapter 2

Confused, Brad Holland

Brad Holland

Brad Holland was born in 1943 in the United. As a child, his family moved to Arkansas; as a young man, he worked for a time in a tattoo parlor in Chicago. Around 1960, he moved permanently to New York; The city from which he later began collaborating with the New York Times, followed by other presses, the most prominent of which was the famous Playboy magazine. Brad Holland has a special place among illustrators (in the field of graphics and cartoons).

According to the Washington Post, Brad Holland is the star of the illustration world without any words or sayings. The New York Times puts him at the top of a peak where he can see the world more clearly than anyone else. Most of Holland’s works deal with political and social issues. The use of successive hatches is a method he uses so much that his heroes are all thought to emerge from the dark and dusty layers. When asked why his work was not published in The New Yorker, he replied: “I worked on two covers for the New Yorker. At the time, the New Yorker images had a happy tone. In contrast, my work was thought to be black and dark. “Some readers of the magazine do not like it, while performing black satire requires more skills.” Brad Holland is now seventy-nine-year-old, once a Pulitzer Prize nominee, and many of his works now adorn world-famous museums. Most of Brad Holland’s works deal with issues such as politics and social crises. He has a relatively simple way of presenting his work, which is unique at the same time.

His images are formed of dynastic masses, his heroes have a hazy face that seems to be moving through the darkness to the light; A case that can be read in some works of Baroque artists such as Rembrandt, a famous Dutch artist. In Brad Holland’s works, we see more than anything the main subject or the hero, which has been seen under the magnifying glass from the artist’s point of view. Brad Holland’s work introduces the viewer directly to the essence of the story.

Mind, Brad Holland

Lion and Lamb, Brad Holland

(T) AX Man, Brad Holland

His characters are usually gigantic, created in a frame with a precise frame. In this way, not much attention is paid to details and there is no mention of details and marginal issues. Although Brad Holland did not pursue an academic degree in the arts and is often referred to as a self-taught artist, he did not shy away from expressing his views and her ideas were used as a professor of visual arts.

Brad Holland is now seventy-nine-year-old, once a Pulitzer Prize nominee, and many of his works now adorn world-famous museums. Most of Brad Holland’s works deal with issues such as politics and social crises. He has a relatively simple way of presenting his work, which is unique at the same time. His images are formed of dynastic masses, his heroes have a hazy face that seems to be moving through the darkness to the light; A case that can be read in some works of Baroque artists such as Rembrandt, a famous Dutch artist. In Brad Holland’s works, we see more than anything the main subject or the hero, which has been seen under the magnifying glass from the artist’s point of view. Brad Holland’s work introduces the viewer directly to the essence of the story. His characters are usually gigantic, created in a frame with a precise frame. In this way, not much attention is paid to details and there is no mention of details and marginal issues. Although Brad Holland did not pursue an academic degree in the arts and is often referred to as a self-taught artist, he did not shy away from expressing his views and his ideas were used as a professor of visual arts.

The Pelican, Brad Holland