Herbert Arnould Olivier British, 1861-1952
Academic Study (3), 1882

£2,500

Charcoal on paper
Signed by RA visitor L. Alma Tadema, RA., and dated (lower left)
76cm × 57cm (88cm × 64cm framed)

Olivier studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881. He exhibited extensively, including the Royal Academy starting in 1883, and the Paris Salon. He exhibited at the Fine Art Society in the 1880s and at the Grafton Galleries in 1908. An official war artist in the Great War, his work is included in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It is also contained in many regional art galleries.

This drawing is signed by the artist, and also the RA visitor, the artist Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, OM, RA.