The Clare family of England, 19th Century painters is well recognized throughout the world. Oliver, Vincent, and George Clare painted still life pictures of floral, fruit, and combination works of exquisite quality. They were quite prolific in their works and the most treasured pictures would be the diminutive pictures.

The example “Still Life With Fruit” is certainly most typical of Oliver Clare's work, and is framed in the fretted, typical English, original gilt gold frame.