Anthony Oakshett MA Cantab
born 1955
Studied art at Canford School under Robin Noscoe
Attended Bournemouth and Poole College of Art
Exhibition in English at Christ’s College, Cambridge
Studied Architecture and History of Art
1979-80 Series of pencil portraits of Honorary Fellows for Magdalene College, Cambridge
1979- present Various mixed exhibitions including the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Principally working by commission.
2010 Exhibition of the Armada Paintings (lead artist) in the House of Lords, now permanently installed in the Prince’s Chamber.
2020 A portrait of Mr Leo Davis and a double portrait of Mr Peter and the Revd. Martine Oborne exhibited in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition in September.
PAINTINGS IN THE COLLECTION OF (inter alia):
The Palace of Westminster
The Austrian Embassy, London
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
The Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Surgeons
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
The Institution of Civil Engineers
Magdalene College, Cambridge
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Keble College, Oxford
The Household Cavalry
The Welsh Guards
The Gloucester Regiment
29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
The National Army Museum
The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Essex County Council
The Carlton Club
The National Liberal Club
The Oxford and Cambridge Club
Somerset County Cricket Club
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
Wentworth Golf Club
Sunningdale Golf Club
Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club
Cliveden House
The Geraldine Dodge Foundation, New Jersey
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Robert Fleming & Co
KCOM Group
Eton College
Gresham’s School
Gresham’s Preparatory School
Summer Fields Preparatory School
The Earl and Countess Fortescue
The Earl and Countess of Rosslyn
Lord Crathorne
Lord and Lady Heseltine
Lord Steel
Admiral Sir Benjamin and Lady Bathurst
Anthony and Catherine Alt
Ajay Bhardwaj Esq
Giles and Judy Clarke
William and Dr.Una Coales
Martin and Caroline Davis
Bernard Dreesman Esq
Emma Houston
Piers Litherland Esq
Christopher McCorkell Esq
James and Puk Oborne
Peter and the Revd. Martine Oborne
Nicholas and Alexandra Williams
Trevor and Dominica Yang
and many more…
Contact me for information concerning commissioning and to receive a price list.
MEDIA
Anthony Oakshett has been interviewed twice for Radio 4’s ‘Front Row’ and has been the subject of articles in the Times and Telegraph newspapers and the Spectator magazine. He was featured in two BBC TV programmes ’Raising the Armada’ Pt 1&2 and most recently named in the closing credits of ‘Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley’.