FerdinandOLIVIER(1873-1957).Officialpainterofthenavyin1905.FirstwinneroftheIndo-ChinaPrizein1910awardedbytheColonialSocietyofFrenchArtistsandColonialPaintingPrizein1920.
BorninMartigues,heenteredEugèneCarrière'sstudioat the Beaux-Arts in hisyouth.In1905hewasofficialpainteroftheNavy.
In1926hetookpartintheexhibitionorganisedbythenewspaper"LaHunepeintresdelamer".HemainlyrepresentedProvence:Aubagne–CarryleRouëtandMartigues
PaintercontemporarywiththeImpressionists,butclosertotheSymbolists.
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