Cordelia Patrick Oliver was a Scottish journalist, painter and art critic, noted as an indefatigable promoter of Scottish arts in general and the avant-garde in particular.
14 Facts About Cordelia Oliver
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Cordelia Oliver's father was a merchant navy officer and marine engineer from the Mull of Kintyre.
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Cordelia Oliver attended the Glasgow School of Art during World War II.
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Cordelia Oliver trained as a painter and was most known as a portrait artist.
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Cordelia Oliver taught evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art, and taught art at the Craigholme School.
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Cordelia Oliver exhibited at the Society of Scottish Artists and at the Royal Scottish Academy.
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Cordelia Oliver was a founding board member of the Third Eye Centre in Glasgow, and curated exhibitions there.
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Cordelia Oliver's work is in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.
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Cordelia Oliver was one of number of figures who were instrumental in establishing a body of critical writing on contemporary art in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Cordelia Oliver wrote books and exhibition catalogue essays, including works on Joan Eardley, Jessie M King, and Bet Low.
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Cordelia Oliver was known as a particular supporter of women artists, including Margot Sandeman, Winifred Nicholson, Pat Douthwaite, and embroiderer Kathleen Mann.
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Cordelia Oliver promoted the work of Romanian artist Paul Neagu, and was a "great supporter" of the Citizen's Theatre.
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Cordelia Oliver was widowed in 1990, and she died in 2009, in Glasgow, aged 86 years.
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The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive is housed at the Glasgow School of Art.