Olivier, Friedrich von#
b. Dessau (Germany), April 23, 1791, d. Dessau (Germany), Sept. 5, 1859, landscape painter and painter of historical scenes, graphic artist; brother of Heinrich and Ferdinand von Olivier. First studies in Dessau, from 1811 at the Academy in Vienna. Travelled in 1818 with J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld to Italy, joined the circle of the Nazarenes around F. Overbeck in Rome and worked again in Vienna from 1823. Also portrait painter. From 1829 assisted J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld with the Nibelung frescos in the Munich Residence.
Literature#
L. Grote, Die Brueder O. und die deutsche Romantik, 1938.