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Octavius Oakley RWS (27 April 1800, in Bermondsey – 1 March 1867, in London), was a British watercolour portrait, figure and landscape artist.
Oakley was born in Bermondsey, London on the 27th April 1800.
Initially he worked for a Leeds textile company. He developed into a specialist of portraits in watercolour and was given commissions by the Birmingham Museum
/ref> His youngest daughter,
Octavius Oakley08a.jpg, Country Family of Emigrants, watercolour
Octavius Oakley12.jpg, Portrait of a gypsy woman, watercolour on paper, 31 x 25 cm, oval format
Octavius Oakley01.jpg, Portrait of Benjamin Gibbons, son of
Portraits by O. Oakley
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Portrait of Benjamin Gibbons Seated, with a view of Eton College Beyond
(Victorian web) 1800 births 1867 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English watercolourists 19th-century English painters English male painters English landscape painters 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub
Octavius Oakley RWS (27 April 1800, in Bermondsey – 1 March 1867, in London), was a British watercolour portrait, figure and landscape artist.
Life
Oakley was born in Bermondsey, London on the 27th April 1800.
Initially he worked for a Leeds textile company. He developed into a specialist of portraits in watercolour and was given commissions by the Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family. This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British aristocratic families since the 16th century and has be ...
.
Whilst living in Derby where he painted rustic scenes until he moved to Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following ...
in Warwickshire in 1836. He returned to London in the 1840s and worked there until his death, producing paintings of street scenes and gypsies and their lifestyle.
His emphasis on gypsy paintings which he exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society earned him the name 'Gypsy Oakley'.
Oakley met Thomas Baker in Leamington Spa, where Baker was living and working and in 1841 did a portrait of the celebrated painter, who was an important figure in the Midlands
The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a part of England that broadly correspond to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by Wales, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the Ind ...
and Birmingham art world./ref> His youngest daughter,
Isabel Naftel
Isabel Naftel, née Oakley, (baptised 20 July 1832, died 1912) was a British artist known for her portrait, genre and landscape paintings.
Biography
Naftel was the youngest of the three daughters of the, then, Derby based artist Octavius Oakle ...
was also an artist.
He died at his home, 7 Chepstow Villas, Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
, on the 1st March 1867 and was buried in a family grave (no.14459) on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.
Gallery
John Gibbons
John Michael Gibbons (born June 8, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and former manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New Y ...
(1777-1851), with a view of Eton College Beyond, Watercolour, 16 1/2 X 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
Joseph Paxton by Octavius Oakley, c1850.jpg, Sir Joseph Paxton
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
, builder of The Crystal Palace
Octavius Oakley04.jpg, Portrait of Thomas Baker (1809-1864), watercolour, 301 x 232mm
References
External links
Portraits by O. Oakley
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National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
*National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
*National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...
)Portrait of Benjamin Gibbons Seated, with a view of Eton College Beyond
(Victorian web) 1800 births 1867 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English watercolourists 19th-century English painters English male painters English landscape painters 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub