Oliver Baker

For the American economic geographer, see Oliver Edwin Baker. For the American physicist, see Oliver Keith Baker.

Oliver Baker (1856–1939) was an English painter, etcher, designer and silversmith, best known for his role in the development of the Cymric Silverware line for Liberty & Co.

Oliver Baker
Born	1856
Died	1939
Occupation(s)	Painter, etcher, designer and silversmith

Baker was born in Birmingham, the son of the artist Samuel Henry Baker. He studied under his father, with whom he shared a studio in Edgbaston, and at the Birmingham School of Art.^[1] He exhibited at the Royal Academy frequently from 1883^[2] and was elected a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1884.^[1]

His younger brother Harold (1860–1942) was a noted photographer.^[3]