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1820 - 1887. Known for: Landscape and marine painting.
John Wright Oakes ARA (9 July 1820 – 8 July 1887) was an English landscape painter. He was born at Sproston House, near Middlewich, Cheshire, which had been in the possession of his family for... Read full biography
John Wright Oakes ARA (9 July 1820 – 8 July 1887) was an English landscape painter. He was born at Sproston House, near Middlewich, Cheshire, which had been in the possession of his family for several generations. He was educated in Liverpool, and studied art under John Bishop in the school... Read full biography
John Wright Oakes ARA (9 July 1820 – 8 July 1887) was an English landscape painter. He was born at Sproston House, near Middlewich, Cheshire, which had been in the possession of his family for several generations. He was educated in Liverpool, and studied art under John Bishop in the school attached to the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. His earliest works were fruit-pieces. These he exhibited in 1839 and the following years at the Liverpool Academy, of which he became a member, and... Read full biography
John Wright Oakes ARA (9 July 1820 – 8 July 1887) was an English landscape painter. He was born at Sproston House, near Middlewich, Cheshire, which had been in the possession of his family for several generations. He was educated in Liverpool, and studied art under John Bishop in the school attached to the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. His earliest works were fruit-pieces. These he exhibited in 1839 and the following years at the Liverpool Academy, of which he became a member, and afterwards honorary secretary for several years. About 1843 Oakes began painting landscapes from nature, and in 1847 the first picture exhibited by him in London, Nant Frangcon, Carnarvonshire, appeared at the British Institution, and was followed in 1848 by... Read full biography
John Wright Oakes ARA (9 July 1820 – 8 July 1887) was an English landscape painter. He was born at Sproston House, near Middlewich, Cheshire, which had been in the possession of his family for several generations. He was educated in Liverpool, and studied art under John Bishop in the school attached to the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. His earliest works were fruit-pieces. These he exhibited in 1839 and the following years at the Liverpool Academy, of which he became a member, and afterwards honorary secretary for several years. About 1843 Oakes began painting landscapes from nature, and in 1847 the first picture exhibited by him in London, Nant Frangcon, Carnarvonshire, appeared at the British Institution, and was followed in 1848 by On the River Greta, Keswick, at the Royal Academy. He continued to send pictures, chiefly of Welsh mountain, moorland, and... Read full biography