Oliver Hall RA, RE, RWS (1869-1957) was a landscape painter and etcher with a preference for rugged moorland and Spanish subjects. Hall studied at the Royal College of Art from 1887-90, before travelling extensively throughout Spain, France and Italy. Hall began exhibiting etchings at the Royal Academy in 1890 and was a member of the Royal Watercolour Society.
This particular atmospheric landscape is typical of Hall's work, with an isolated tree in a rocky moorland setting. Hall had a fascination with the natural landscape, particularly the shape and form of trees. Oliver Hall died on 5th December 1957.
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