OLIVER HALL RA

OLIVER HALL RA, RE, RWS (1869-1957) Figures and Cattle on a Moorland Landscape, oil on unstretched canvas, 12 1/2" x 20", framed and glazed (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT) Provenance: "Gift of the artist to Rex Vicat Cole, 1870-1940, and by descent" Notes: Oliver Hall RA, RE, RWS (1869-1957) was a landscape painter in oil and watercolour and an etcher with a preference for rugged moorland and Spanish subjects. Hall studied at the R.C.A. from 1887-90, then attended Westminster and Lambeth Schools of Art evening classes alongside having private art tuition with D. A. Williamson of Liverpool, working at Broughton-in-Furness. He travelled extensively in Spain, France and Italy. Hall began exhibiting etchings at the R.A. in 1890 and was a member of the R.W.S. He lived at Pulborough, Sussex, and later at Ulverston, Lancashire, where he died on the 5th December 1957. His son Grey Hall painted under the name of Claude Muncaster. Martin Muncaster, a BBC broadcaster, was Oliver's grandson. Elected A.R.A: 23rd April 1920. Elected R.A: 24th February 1927. Elected Senior R.A: 1st January 1937