OLIVER CLARE (BRITISH, 1853-1927)
 "Fruit Bouquet"Oil on panel, 8" x 11" |  "Fruit Bouquet"Oil on panel, 8" x 11" |  "Mixed Fruit"Oil on panel, 12" x 9" |
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 "Mixed Fruit"Oil on panel, 12" x 9" |  "Grapes & Wild Strawberries"Oil on canvas, 10" x 8" |  "Grapes & Wild Strawberries"Oil on canvas, 10" x 8" |
 "Plums & Berries"Oil on canvas, 10" x 8" |  "Plums & Berries"Oil on canvas, 10" x 8" |
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Oliver Clare was born in Birmingham, England in 1853. He was a painter of still-life pictures with fruit and flowers. He was trained by his father, George.
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Oliver was a member of the famed Clare family of painters, the son of George and the brother of Vincent. All three members worked mainly in Birmingham and painted similar subjects.
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Oliver Clare was notorious for often settling local pub tabs with his paintings.
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While living in Birmingham, a local health firm by the name of "Health Food Stores" commissioned him to paint still-lives so that they could be reproduced on postcards and posters.
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Clare exhibited many paintings during his lifetime, including eighteen works at The Royal Society of British Artists, Birmingham, The Walker Gallery, Liverpool and The Manchester Gallery, Manchester.
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During the late 1870s and early 1880s, he lived in London and exhibited works at The Royal Academy and The Royal Society of British Artists.
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Oliver Clare died in 1927.