Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Still life floral, all kinds of reality flowers oil painting 207 | Arab or Arabic people and life. Orientalism oil paintings 75 | V puti | Arab or Arabic people and life. Orientalism oil paintings 537 | A Kitchen still life of utensils and fruit in a basket,shelves with wine caskets beyond | Related Artists: john banister Banister was a violinist, composer and flageolet player for the English court. Much of his life was astir with accusations and innuendo. Nevertheless, he was able to remain in the King's service until his death and a great demand was laid upon him for his "play" songs. 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 Louwijs Aernouts Elsevier Dutch painter
1617-1675.