内容摘要："This is a painting of unique historic and cultural significance. It would be great if it could be seen and appreciated more widely, whether in India or elsewhere," Caspar Leighton, a great nephew of the artist, told the BBC.

"This is a painting of unique historic and cultural significance. It would be great if it could be seen and appreciated more widely, whether in India or elsewhere," Caspar Leighton, a great nephew of the artist, told the BBC.

"They have a lot of character to them, a lot of personality, as he did himself."One of the lots up for auction is an oil on board, titled on the back in felt tip pen 'Watershed with Arnolfini, City Docks, Bristol'.

Local artist and fellow Royal West of England Academy (RWA) member Linda Alvis, who knew him well, said: "I'd consider him as Bristol's Lowry, but a more blobby edition of it."She described him as a genuinely nice person who would say hello to everyone as he painted, whilst always wearing shorts.Ms Alvis said: "He really was a local treasure that should never be forgotten."

A school has said its new murals have strengthened the connection between its pupils and the community.St Barnabas CE Primary School in Jericho, Oxford, was recently adorned with colourful art reflecting its ethos and depicting life in the area.

The murals were painted by local artist Lisa Curtis, aka Lisa Made It, who has helped transform

Head teacher Beccy Harris said the unveiling had taken place at "a great time" as it coincided with the school receiving an upgraded rating ofThe following month, Gandhi's personal secretary Mahadev Desai wrote to Leighton, saying, "many of my friends who saw it [the oil portrait] in the Albany Gallery said to me that it was a good likeness".

There doesn't seem to be any public record of the oil portrait being displayed elsewhere until 1978, when the Boston Public Library organised an exhibition of Leighton's works.However, according to the artist's family, the portrait was thought to have been on display in the 1970s in the US, where it was allegedly damaged in a knife attack.

A label attached to the backing board of the portrait says it was restored by the Lyman Allyn Museum Conservation Laboratory in Connecticut in 1974.The details of the alleged attack are not clear - according to Bonhams, it was carried out by a right-wing Hindu activist.