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Frederic A. Holle
1931 - 2025
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1931
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2025
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Frederic Holle Obituary
05/06/1931 - 08/08/2025
Fredric A. Holle was born May 6, 1931, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He taught at The Art Center in La Jolla, California, for years before moving to the Bay Area, where he co-founded the Art Department at Cañada College when it opened in 1968. He continued his teaching career there for the next 25 years. During his time at Cañada, he also developed Life Drawing Tapes.
Fredric passed away on August 8, 2025 in San Carlos, California. He is survived by his wife, Patricia E. Holle, of 71 years; 3 nieces; and 1 nephew.
Private Services took place at Skylawn Funeral Home.
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Karl L. Jensen
August 30, 2025
Fred was a committed artist who was relentless in his search for profound insight into the human condition. His view of artistic creation was that it was an investigation in search of self-discovery and truth in the most honest way possible.
He was also the most effective studio art professor I had ever encountered during the course of a 50+ year friendship. Developing artists that encountered his teaching methods and critiques also knew of the kind but uncompromising integrity of his approach to art education.
Fred´s passing is an irreplaceable loss to those that knew and loved him, and I offer my deepest condolences to all who were close to him as friends and family, and also to the many indebted students and colleagues he leaves behind.
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