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Octavius Oakley

1800-1867 was a Victorian watercolourist. Oakley initially worked for a cloth manufacturer near Leeds in Yorkshire. He developed into a specialist of portraits in watercolour and enjoyed the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. From living in Derby where he depicted rustic scenes, he moved to Leamington Spa in Warwickshire in 1836, but 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

Octavius Oakley Young Street Musician (mk47) painting


Young Street Musician (mk47)
Young Street Musician (mk47)
Painting ID::  26140
  SPWC 1850 bt Thomas Fletcher,Manchester Watercolour 510x340mm Williamson Art Gallery,Birkenhead and Wirral Museums
  SPWC 1850 bt Thomas Fletcher,Manchester Watercolour 510x340mm Williamson Art Gallery,Birkenhead and Wirral Museums

 

 
   
      

Octavius Oakley
1800-1867 was a Victorian watercolourist. Oakley initially worked for a cloth manufacturer near Leeds in Yorkshire. He developed into a specialist of portraits in watercolour and enjoyed the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. From living in Derby where he depicted rustic scenes, he moved to Leamington Spa in Warwickshire in 1836, but 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
Young Street Musician (mk47)
SPWC 1850 bt Thomas Fletcher,Manchester Watercolour 510x340mm Williamson Art Gallery,Birkenhead and Wirral Museums

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