Frederick Leighton
1830-1896 He was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was born in Scarborough to a family in the import and export business. He was educated at University College School, London. He then received his artistic training on the European continent, first from Eduard Von Steinle and then from Giovanni Costa. When in Florence, aged 24, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, he painted the procession of the Cimabue Madonna through the Borgo Allegri. He lived in Paris from 1855 to 1859, where he met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. Flaming JuneIn 1860, he moved to London, where he associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He designed Elizabeth Barrett Browning's tomb for Robert Browning in the English Cemetery, Florence in 1861. In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878?C96). His 1877 sculpture, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, was considered at its time to inaugurate a renaissance in contemporary British sculpture, referred to as the New Sculpture. His paintings represented Britain at the great 1900 Paris Exhibition. Icarus and DaedalusLeighton was knighted at Windsor in 1878, and was created a baronet eight years later. He was the first painter to be given a peerage, in the New Year Honours List of 1896.

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Frederick Leighton Antigone oil painting


Antigone
mk221 1882 Oil on canvas 60.3x49.5cm 1830-1896
Painting ID::  51786
Frederick Leighton
Antigone
mk221 1882 Oil on canvas 60.3x49.5cm 1830-1896
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Idyll oil painting


Idyll
Date c. 1880 - 1881 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 104.1 x 212.1 cm cyf
Painting ID::  74179
Frederick Leighton
Idyll
Date c. 1880 - 1881 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 104.1 x 212.1 cm cyf
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton The Bath of Psyche oil painting


The Bath of Psyche
Date 1879(1879) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  76124
Frederick Leighton
The Bath of Psyche
Date 1879(1879) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Odalisque oil painting


Odalisque
English: Oil on canvas Dimensions 90.8 ?? 45.7 cm (35.7 ?? 18 in) cyf
Painting ID::  76542
Frederick Leighton
Odalisque
English: Oil on canvas Dimensions 90.8 ?? 45.7 cm (35.7 ?? 18 in) cyf
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Nausicaa oil painting


Nausicaa
English: Oil on canvas Dimensions 57 x 26 3/8 inches (145 x 67 cm) cyf
Painting ID::  76550
Frederick Leighton
Nausicaa
English: Oil on canvas Dimensions 57 x 26 3/8 inches (145 x 67 cm) cyf
   
   
     

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     1830-1896 He was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was born in Scarborough to a family in the import and export business. He was educated at University College School, London. He then received his artistic training on the European continent, first from Eduard Von Steinle and then from Giovanni Costa. When in Florence, aged 24, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, he painted the procession of the Cimabue Madonna through the Borgo Allegri. He lived in Paris from 1855 to 1859, where he met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. Flaming JuneIn 1860, he moved to London, where he associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He designed Elizabeth Barrett Browning's tomb for Robert Browning in the English Cemetery, Florence in 1861. In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878?C96). His 1877 sculpture, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, was considered at its time to inaugurate a renaissance in contemporary British sculpture, referred to as the New Sculpture. His paintings represented Britain at the great 1900 Paris Exhibition. Icarus and DaedalusLeighton was knighted at Windsor in 1878, and was created a baronet eight years later. He was the first painter to be given a peerage, in the New Year Honours List of 1896.

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