Boscoe Holder

Who was Boscoe Holder?

Boscoe Holder, born Arthur Aldwyn Holder in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, of partly Barbadian stock, was Trinidad and Tobago's leading contemporary painter, who also had a celebrated international career spanning six decades as a designer and visual artist, dancer, choreographer and musician. In 1948 he married the dancer Sheila Davis Clarke, daughter of radio personality Kathleen Davis, and their son Christian was born the following year. Living in London, England, during the 1950s and 1960s, he performed on British television and radio, in variety and nightclubs, in films, and in the West End. His company also danced for Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation in 1953, and, in two years later, at Windsor Castle.