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Oliver Frazer
portrait by James de Veaux, 1837
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. He did portraits of many Kentuckians such as James G. Birney, Edward Morton Le Grand, William Robertson McKee, and Richard Menefee. His portrait of Henry Clay is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His papers are held at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.

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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