John Stainer organist of St Pauls Cathedral After having previously been organist at St Michaels College Tenbury and Oxford University Stainer became organist at St Pauls Cathedral in He made reforms to the musical service at St Pauls including an increase in the number of musicians and expansion of the repertory He was an eminent church musician scholar and composer helping to found the Musical Association and becoming professor of music at Oxford Stainers services and anthems were fashionable during his lifetime and his hymn tunes are still used today His oratorio The Crucifixion composed in is one of his bestknown works He was knighted in From Men of Mark a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate the Church in science literature and art the army navy law medicine etc Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper

Figurative Art

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This genre of art involves a realistic depiction of living as well as inanimate objects. Artists like Jean Michel Basquiat, Norman Rockwell, and Banksy are renowned for giving a platform to cultural commentary and human experiences through their art.