Oliver Baker | |
Birth Date: | 1856 |
Death Date: | 1939 |
Occupation: | Painter, etcher, designer and silversmith |
Oliver Baker (1856–1939) was an English painter, etcher, designer and silversmith, best known for his role in the development of the Cymric Silverware line for Liberty & Co.
Baker was born in Birmingham, the son of the artist Samuel Henry Baker. He studied under his father, with whom he shared a studio in Edgbaston, and at the Birmingham School of Art.[1] He exhibited at the Royal Academy frequently from 1883[2] and was elected a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1884.
His younger brother Harold (1860–1942) was a noted photographer.[3]