Background
Grover, Oliver Dennett was born in 1861 in Earlville, Illinois, United States. Son of Alonzo Jackson and Octavia E. (Norton) Grover.
Grover, Oliver Dennett was born in 1861 in Earlville, Illinois, United States. Son of Alonzo Jackson and Octavia E. (Norton) Grover.
Student of University of Chicago, 1877-1879. Studied painting Royal Academy, Munich. 1879-1880, Duveneck School, Florence, Italy, 1880-1884, Paris, 1884-1886.
Received first Yerkes prize for painting “Thy Will Be Done,” Chicago, 1892. Executed mural decorations Branford (Connecticut) Memorial Library, 1897, Blackstone Memorial Library, Chicago, 1903. Has pictures in many public collections.
Silver and bronze medals, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Kahn prize, Chicago, 1913. Fine Arts Building prize, 1906, 1914.
Silver medal, Panama Philippine Islands Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Gold medal, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1918.
A.N.A., 1913. Studio: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Louise Rolshoven, 1887.
