Oliver Frazer
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Oliver Frazer | |
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 portrait by James de Veaux, 1837 | |
| Born | 1808  |
| Died | April 9, 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]
