Oliver Frazer
portrait by James de Veaux, 1837
Born1808 Edit this on Wikidata
Died9 April 1864 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 55–56)
OccupationPainter Edit this on Wikidata

Oliver Frazer (1808 – April 9, 1864) was an American portrait painter. He was trained by Matthew Harris Jouett before going to Europe, and he became a portrait painter in his home state of Kentucky.[1] He did portraits of many notable Kentuckians like James G. Birney, Edward Morton Le Grand, Colonel William Robertson McKee, and Richard Menefee.[2] His portrait of Henry Clay is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3] His papers are held at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.[4]

Further reading

  • Floyd, William Barrow (1968). Jouett-Bush-Frazer: Early Kentucky Artists. Lexington, Kentucky. OCLC 448294.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Price, Samuel Woodson (1902). The Old Masters of the Bluegrass: Jouett, Bush, Grimes, Frazer, Morgan, Hart. Louisville, Kentucky: J. P. Morton & co. OCLC 1747715.

References

  1. ↑ "Death of a Kentucky Artist". The Courier-Journal. April 21, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Bier, Justin (February 17, 1952). "Art: Frazer Portraits Are On Exhibit At Speed". The Courier-Journal. p. 55. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Henry Clay ca. 1840 Oliver Frazer". The Met. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Oliver Frazer family papers". University of Kentucky Libraries. Retrieved July 25, 2020.


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