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Article: Stephen Holland named official artist of the Los Angeles Dodgers.(artist UPDATE)
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- Art Business News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have commissioned artist Stephen Holland to create a painting as part of the team's 2008 celebration of its 50th anniversary in the city. Holland, who has painted such famous athletes as Sandy Koufax, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretzky, Roberto Clemente and Tiger Woods, will unveil the Dodgers painting on the team's opening day in 2008.
"I'm truly honored to be commissioned by the Dodgers to commemorate their 50th anniversary in Los Angeles," Holland says. "Living half of my life in southern California, I have always been a Dodgers fan. The Dodgers' standard of excellence, from their breaking of the color ...