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The remarkable man who made Art UK possible | Letter

Fred Hohler, the founder of the Public Catalogue Foundation, is the pivotal figure behind the Art UK project, which has successfully digitized over one million UK public art entries. The letter writer, Prof Robin Simon, expresses astonishment that a recent article on Art UK's milestone failed to credit Hohler's foundational work.

Hohler's vision to catalog every oil painting in UK public collections has created an invaluable public resource for art access and scholarship. His ongoing leadership of The Watercolour World, a similar large-scale digitization project under royal patronage, underscores his continued impact on preserving and democratizing access to the UK's artistic heritage.