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

Isabel Oakley was the youngest of the three daughters of the, then, Derby based artist Octavius Oakley and his wife Maria Moseley. Between 1857 and 1891, she had 54 works accepted for public exhibition. Ten of Neftel's paintings were included in exhibitions at the Royal Academy and she had 13 works accepted by the Society of British Artists and nine pieces by the New Watercolour Society. Works by her were also shown at the Grosvenor Gallery and at the New Gallery.

Private life In 1853 Isabel Oakley married the artist Paul Jacob Naftel and the couple subsequently had a daughter, Maud, who also became a notable artist.