Robert Logan Holdeman, painter, printmaker, designer and teacher, was born to Leda and Harry Holdeman in O'Neil, Nebraska on January 21, 1912. The family moved to Long Beach, California when Robert was seven years-of-age. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1929. He then studied at Los Angeles Junior College where he won a scholarship to the Chouinard Art School. During the 1930s he worked in the animated cartoon business and in the Walt Disney Studios.

In the 1950 U.S. census, Holdeman listed his occupation as artist, designer and teacher. It was also noted that he lived in Malibu, California and owned the hotel, the Holliday House, which was set along the water’s edge with views of the ocean and surrounding olive trees. The hotel was a mid-century modern classic designed by Richard Neutra. Robert moved north to San Francisco in 1954 and taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

Holdeman was a member of and exhibited with the San Francisco Art Association, the Society of Western Artists, the California Water Color Society, the East Bay Artists Association, and the Artists Equity Association. He served terms as vice-president of the California Water Color Society and president of the Artists Equity Association. His work was also exhibited at the Los Angeles City College in 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1941, the University of California Los Angeles in 1946, and the California Palace of the Legend of Honor in 1957.

Robert Logan Holdeman died in Alameda, California on May 2, 1994.