Primarily known as a cowboy artist, Harold T. “H” Holden captured the West in sculpture and paintings for over 50 years. While his work can be found in the Oklahoma State Capitol and on a U.S. postage stamp, his public sculptures kept him busy the last few years of his life. His 25th monument, of Frank “Pistol Pete” Eaton, is to be placed posthumously on the Oklahoma State University (OSU) campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 2024.

In 2001, Holden received the Governor’s Art Award from Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, and he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Sculpture Society.

Holden was named a Distinguished OSU Alumni in 2005, and in 2012 was elected to membership in the Cowboy Artists of America. Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2014, he became the first Oklahoma artist to be inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 2017. Holden was the recipient of the James Earle Fraser Sculpture award at the 2020 Prix de West, and he received the Ray Swanson Award at the 2020 Cowboy Artists of America show.

On February 2, 2024, Holden was inducted into the Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame.