Oliver Frazer | |
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Born | 1808 |
Died | 9 April 1864 (aged 55–56) |
Occupation | Painter |
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 Kentuckians such as James G. Birney, Edward Morton Le Grand, 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]
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