This is Madge Oliver

Madge Oliver (18 September 1875 – 11 September 1924) was a British artist who painted interiors and landscapes and lived and worked in France for many years.

Oliver was born in Knaresborough in Yorkshire and studied at the Slade School of Art in London from 1894 to 1897. Oliver won a Slade scholarship in 1896 once the new winner that year being Augustus John. Oliver moved to France in 1910 and settled in Cassis close Marseilles. She was decorated for her advance during World War One.

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Oliver mainly painted interiors but then figures and landscapes, mainly of France. She had a solo exhibition in Paris at the Druet Gallery in 1924. Oliver died upon Corsica and a memorial exhibition, with a catalogue commencement written by Ethel Walker, for her was held at the Leger Galleries in London during June and July 1935. The Tate acquired two paintings by Oliver, both showing views from her studio in Cassis, from the 1935 exhibition.

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