Michel-Barthélémy Ollivier
Michel-Barthélémy Ollivier (24 August 1712, Marseille - 15 June 1784, Paris) was a French painter and engraver.Georges Reynaud, "Les Ollivier, peintres et sculpteurs marseillais XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles", in: ''Provence historique'', Vol.57, #229, 200Online He specialized in historical and genre scenes. Life and work He came from a family of painters, including his father, Louis (1686-?), grandfather Antoine (1645-1716) and cousin Cosme (1651-?). He attended the Académie de Saint-Luc and the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. He also studied with Charles-André van Loo. When Van Loo's nephew, Louis-Michel van Loo, was appointed a court painter to King Philip V of Spain, Ollivier accompanied him to Madrid. He had returned to Paris by 1750, when he married Faronne-Marie-Madeleine Lefebvre, but returned to Spain with her and remained there until 1763.
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