Herbert Arnould Olivier (1861 - 1952)

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Herbert Arnould Olivier

Herbert Arnould Olivier is a British artist.

He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and exhibited extensively, taught at the Bombay School of Art and traveled to Kashmir with His Royal Highness the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, painting 66 paintings on this trip. Herbert Olivier was a widely recognized and very versatile artist.

He painted portraits of famous Victorian and Edwardian figures including King George V and King Edward VIII, Prince of Wales. With the outbreak of the First World War, he painted two large-scale group portraits featuring army commanders. In 1917 he was appointed official war artist and painted many portraits of military commanders and officials from various countries, these his paintings can be seen in the Imperial War Museum and the Government Art Collection.

Herbert Olivier also painted many paintings of allegorical and mythological subjects and romantic landscapes. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Watercolorists.

Date and place of birt:9 september 1861, Battle, United Kingdom
Date and place of death:2 march 1952, County of Hampshire, United Kingdom
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Genre:Allegory, Military art, Landscape painting, Mythological painting, Portrait
Art style:Realism

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