Oliver Hall, painter and printmaker primarily of landscapes, was born at Tulse Hill, England on 26 March 1869. He studied at the Royal College of Art between 1887 and 1890 and in evening classes at Westminster and Lambeth Schools of Art. He also studied privately with Daniel Alexander Williamson and William Lindsay Windus. In 1890, Hall made his debut at the Royal Academy where he regularly exhibited his paintings and etchings. His work was included in the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900. Hall was a member of the Society of Twenty-five English Painters and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1927 and was elevated to Senior Academician in 1945. In England, he exhibited at the Royal Water-Colour Society, the Fine Art Society, and the Leicester Galleries. Abroad he exhibited in Paris, Munich, Vienna, Chicago and Venice. As a painter, he worked in watercolor and oil and, as a printmaker, he preferred etching and lithography. He died in Ulverton, Lancashire, England on 5 December 1957.