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Kermit Oliver

Kermit Oliver is famously known as the sole American to design scarves for Hermes. He's a renowned painter who has had his paintings in the opening exhibit of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He's won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Houston Art League, and sorted mail for the Waco post office (which gave him the cash flow and time to spend painting).

Mr. Oliver came to Hermes when the Dumas family asked the Marcus family (of Neiman Marcus fame) for recommendations on American artists to commission for la maison. Like Robert Dallet, Kermit Oliver's work is alive with realistically-rendered animals. But while Dallet's most famous works focuses on animals and nature from Africa and Asia, Oliver explores the people, animals and nature of America, particularly the southwest (though he's also covered Canada and the Pacific Northwest).

Personally, Kermit Oliver is an acquired taste. I have such affection for Tsitsika and Texas Wildlife but I generally avoid realism (take that any way you'd like). I wrestle with framing vs wearing these scarves and if they didn't come with such grail-y pricetags I'd get doubles and not have to make decisions.

Picture of 90cm cashmere Hermes scarf, Pani la Shar Pawnee by Kermit Oliver. Native American against a black background
Pani la Shar Pawnee, 1984
Picture of Texas Wildlife, a 90cm silk scarf designed by American artist Kermit Oliver. Steel blue and mauve, a wild turkey is front and center
Faune et Flore du Texas / Texas Wildlife, 1986
Picture of yellow and black 90cm Hermes scarf Faune et Flore du Texas designed by American artist Kermit Oliver. A wild turkey is surrounded by a multitude of native Texan plants and animals
Faune et Flore du Texas / Texas Wildlife, Houston Museum of Fine Arts SE, 2005
Picture of Tsitsika, a 90cm silk Hermes scarf designed by Kermit Oliver. Native American people and wildlife from the Pacific Northwest.
Tsitsika, 2002
Picture of La Vie au Sauvage, a 90cm silk scarf designed by Kermit Oliver for Hermes. Over 140 plants and animals native to Texas. Silver gray border.
La Vie au Sauvage, 2015

Other scarves designed by Kermit Oliver

  • Kachinas, 1992, 2010, 2012, 2016
  • The Pony Express, 1993
  • Les Cheyennes, 1993
  • Naturalia, 1994
  • Les Ameriques, 1994
  • Plumes de l'Ouest, 1997 (re-issue of Les Cheyennes)
  • Mythologies des Hommes Rouge, 1999
  • Danses des Indiens, 1999
  • Madison Avenue, 2000
  • Rodeo des Cowgirls, 2001, 2009
  • Concours d'Elegance, 2002
  • Samuel de Champlain, 2006 (aka Le Canada)
  • Marquis de Lafayette, 2007
  • Chefs Indiens, 2014
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