ABBOTT AND HOLDER
Abbott and Holder, a partnership which was founded in 1936 when Robert Abbott, a former headmaster, and Eric Holder, an accountant, decided to make pictures available to all at affordable prices. In 1947 Robert Abbott and Eric Holder purchased the lease of 73 Castelnau, Barnes, SW13 and in 1957 they purchased the freehold. Robert retired on health grounds in 1959 when Eric purchased Robert's share of business including the gallery premises. Before moving to Museum Street, the gallery occupied part of a house at 73 Castelnau, Barnes, which had been Robert Abbott's home and the large Victorian property belonged to the Eric Holder family from 1959 to 1981, with the gallery in the basement and ground floor but in 1987, the Gallery moved to 30 Museum Street. The gallery remained in the Holder family and in 1969, Anna Holder was working in the business and Robert's nephew John Abbott (1937–2011) worked for the gallery in the 1960s and became a partner in 1971. Eric Holder retired in 1981, and John Abbott retired in 2001 when Philip Lawrence Athill (1955-) became Managing Director and who retired in 2021 The gallery now at 30 Museum Street, opposite the British Museum, London are still producing interesting monthly lists that even in the 21st Century have items priced below £100. Suffolk artists whose works were exhibited at Abbott and Holder include Marjorie Rider Jenkins and John Lidzey.
Website: https://www.abbottandholder.co.uk
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