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Kate Elizabeth OlverKate Olver - 20th Century British Oil painting Portrait of a Woman -1955
1955
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KATE ELIZABETH OLVER
(1881-1960)
Portrait of a Lady
Signed l.r.: KATE E OLVER
Oil on canvas laid on board
Framed
60 by 53 cm., 23 ½ by 21 in.
(frame size 77 by 70 cm., 30 ¼ by 27 ½ in.)
Exhibited:
Bournemouth, Russell Cotes Art Gallery, Living Women Artists, 1955-6.
Kate Elizabeth Olver was born in London, the daughter of a Harley Street dental surgeon. She studied at the Royal Academy Schools, 1901-1906, and privately in Dunstable. A painter of portraits and figure subjects, she exhibited widely including at the Royal Academy, Society of Women Artists, Royal Glasgow Institute and Paris Salon. She also illustrated a number of books including Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verse. In 1927 she married the artist and author Charles Samson Higgins
- Creator:Kate Elizabeth Olver (1881 - 1960, British)
- Creation Year:1955
- Dimensions:Height: 23.63 in (60 cm)Width: 20.87 in (53 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 30941stDibs: LU1028317450252
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