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BIOGRAPHY - Oliver Clare (1853 - 1927)

Oliver Clare

Oliver Clare was born in 1853, to the renowned still-life artist George Clare.  The Clare family members were Victorian artists who specialized in, and were well known for their highly finished and precisely detailed still life and flower paintings.

Oliver spent most of his artistic life in Birmingham. Though there are no records indicating where he received his training, one can be quite certain that most, if not all, of it was from his father.  Their stippling technique and choice of subject matter are almost identical.

While Oliver lived in Birmingham he was commissioned by a local health firm "Health Food Stores" to paint still-lives to be reproduced on postcards and posters.

Clare exhibited many paintings throughout his lifetime and is most often associated with the Artists of the West Midlands and the North.  He exhibited: eighteen works at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham; three at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and six at the Manchester City Art Gallery. Throughout the late 1870's and early 1880's he lived in London where he exhibited several works there at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street.

Clare took an interest in animal painting as well as still life painting and Grant M. Waters, in his book Dictionary of British Artists working 1900-1950 noted Clare's affinity towards animals and stated:


He (Oliver) was particularly gifted with animals.  He taught his dog to stoke the fire and collect fruit from the greengrocer.  On the night he died (in 1927), he sang 'Abide with me'[:] his dog died that same night.

 

Sold Works
Still Life with Roses - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life with Roses
Oil on canvas
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
Signed and dated '95
Flowers and a Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Flowers and a Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
7 x 9 inches
Signed
Still Life of Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches
Signed
Lilacs and Apple Blossom - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Lilacs and Apple Blossom
Oil on canvas
6 x 9 inches
Signed and dated '92
Still Life of Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers
Oil on canvas
9 x 7 inches
Signed and dated '96
Still Life of Flowers and Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers and Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Signed
Pansies and Lilacs - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Pansies and Lilacs
Oil on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Signed and dated '96
Still Life of Flowers and Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers and Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches
Signed and dated '93
Primulas and Pansies - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Primulas and Pansies
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches
Signed and dated '93
Potted Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Potted Flowers
Oil on canvas
12 x 10 inches
Signed
Still Life with Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life with Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
9 x 11 inches
Signed
Still Life of Fruit - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Fruit
Oil on canvas
9 x 11 inches
Signed
Still Life of Pansies and Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Pansies and Flowers
Oil on canvas
6 x 9 inches
Signed and dated '98
Still Life with Flowers and Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life with Flowers and Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Signed
Flowers and Bird\'s Nest by a Mossy Bank - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Flowers and Bird's Nest by a Mossy Bank
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Signed
Still Life of Flowers and Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers and Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Signed
Bird\'s Nest with Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Bird's Nest with Flowers
Oil on canvas
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Signed
Flowers, a Berry and a Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Flowers, a Berry and a Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Signed and dated '90
Flowers on a Mossy Bank - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Flowers on a Mossy Bank
Oil on canvas
9 x 7 inches
Signed
Grapes, Plum and Raspberries - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Grapes, Plum and Raspberries
Oil on canvas
12 x 10 inches
Signed
Primroses, Apple Blossoms and Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Primroses, Apple Blossoms and Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Signed
Apple Blossom and a Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Apple Blossom and a Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Signed
Still Life of Primroses and Bird\'s Nest - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Primroses and Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Signed
Still Life of Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers
Oil on canvas
6 x 9 inches
Signed and dated '90
Still Life of Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers
Oil on canvas
7 x 9 inches
Signed
Still Life of Flowers - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Flowers
Oil on canvas
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Signed and dated '95
Summer Delights - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Summer Delights
Oil on canvas
18 x 14 inches
Signed
Still Life of Fruit - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Fruit
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches
Signed and dated 89
Still Life of Fruit - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Fruit
Oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Signed and dated 89
Potted African Violets and Primulas - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Potted African Violets and Primulas
Oil on canvas
18 x 14 inches
Signed
Still Life of Bird\'s Nest and Primroses - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Bird's Nest and Primroses
Oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Signed and dated 89
Still Life of Fruit - Oliver Clare
Oliver Clare
(1853 - 1927)
Still Life of Fruit
Oil on canvas
18 x 14 inches
Signed and dated '99