John Oliphant (died 1905) was a Scottish portrait painter, working in the 19th century.
Life
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In the 1830s he is listed as operating from a studio at 14 Waterloo Place, at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.[1] His most productive period seems to have been 1830 to 1860.
From 1897 to 1898 Oliphant served as a member of the ruling council of the Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's influential conservation organisation that was founded in 1875.[2]
Oliphant was brother to the stained glass artist Francis Wilson Oliphant. He was first cousin of and brother-in-law to Margaret Oliphant, the author. He died in 1905, probably in Edinburgh.
Known works
edit- Portrait of a Lady and her Daughter (1839)
- William Wailes stained glass artist (1845), Shipley Art Gallery[3]
- Portrait of a Young Boy (1846)
- Cottages by a Shack (1847)[4]
- Portrait of Lt Joseph Egerton Cockburn RN (c.1868)[5]
- Portrait of two Children gathering Wild Flowers
- Portrait of a Lady seated at a table
- Gentleman and Son seated by a window.
References
edit- ^ "Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Historic Cockburn Association Office-Bearers".
- ^ "your paintings". Art UK. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "artist john Oliphant". artnet.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "john oliphant art prices". blouinartinfo.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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