Kate Elizabeth Olver [also known as Kate Elizabeth Higgins; and as Kate E. O. Higgins] was born in London in 1881 and studied art at the Royal Academy Schools in London. from 1901 to 1906. She subsequently worked as a painter, illustrator, sculptor and ceramic artist.

She exhibited in the Summer Exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London from 1910 to 1946 and the Society of Women Artists in London from 1934 to 1939. She also exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London; the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol; the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh; and at the Paris Salon. A ceramic figure by her entitled “The Boy and the Bird” was exhibited in the 13th exhibition of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society at the Royal Academy in London in 1926.

She was elected an Associate of the Society of Women Artists (ASWA.) in 1934 and s full member of the Society (SWA) in 1937. She was also a member of the Women's Guild of Arts

A painting entitled “Julie” by her is illustrated in Colour vol. 7, no. 4, November 1917 (p.73).

Olver illustrated a number of children's books, notable among which was an edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Child's Garden of Verses" for Collins' Clear-Type Press.

In 1927 she married Charles Samson Higgins (1893-1980), a civil engineer who was also a painter, and subsequently sometimes exhibited under the name Kate Higgins and as Mrs Higgins.

Her address was given as 10 Park Crescent, Portland Place, London in 1910 and 1925; 6 Norfolk Road, London in 1928 and 1940; and Restbarrow, Northall, Dunstable in 1941 and 1946. She died in London on 6 October 1960. Her address at the time of her death was 15 Hall Road, London.

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