Cliff Holden FCSD (born December 12, 1919 in Manchester, England) is a British painter, designer, and silk-screen printer.Holden was educated at Wilmslow Modern School followed by Reaseheath School of Agriculture, where he studied agriculture and veterinary science.In 1944, Holden met David Bomberg (1890–1957) at the City Literary Institute in London.In 1945, he and other artists including Dorothy Mead followed Bomberg to Borough Polytechnic.