ArtistOliver, William

Artist Years1823-1901

Artist NationalityBritish

TitleYoung Woman with Roses

Yearca. 1860

MediumPainting > Oil

Dimensions24 X 19 inches
Oil on canvas, signed lower left.

ProvenancePrivate collection, New York

Accession NumberRC1314

NotesWilliam Oliver Williams was an English figurative and genre artist based in London who specialized in paintings of young women. He used the professional name William Oliver. He has sometimes been mistakenly referred to as 'William Oliver the Younger' or 'William Oliver II'. He was, however, not (as implied) related to the artist William Oliver (1804–1853). Oliver was born in Worcester in 1823, the son of the surgeon William Williams and his wife Jane Williams (née Oliver). He married Jane Elizabeth née Hughes in the district of St Pancras in London in 1852. Two of their sons, Oliver 'Rhys' Williams and Reginald Arthur Williams, also became established artists, with the professional names of Oliver Rhys and Reginald Arthur respectively. William Oliver died in Kensington on 16 April 1901. His obituary notice appeared in the Evening Standard the following day. It was stated as follows. 'OLIVER WILLIAMS, on the 16th inst., 41 Queensgate Gardens, South Kensington, William Oliver Williams ('William Oliver', artist) aged 77'.
(source: wikipedia.org)