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 The Tambourine Player oil painting


The Tambourine Player
mk127 30x22
Painting ID::  37618
Frederick Leighton
The Tambourine Player
mk127 30x22
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Reverie oil painting


Reverie
mk127 31x13 Oil on canvas
Painting ID::  37672
Frederick Leighton
Reverie
mk127 31x13 Oil on canvas
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Garden of the Hesperides oil painting


Garden of the Hesperides
mk156 1892 Oil on panel
Painting ID::  40830
Frederick Leighton
Garden of the Hesperides
mk156 1892 Oil on panel
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Greek Girls Picking up Pebbles by the Sea oil painting


Greek Girls Picking up Pebbles by the Sea
mk221 1871 Oil on canvas 84x129.5cm
Painting ID::  51784
Frederick Leighton
Greek Girls Picking up Pebbles by the Sea
mk221 1871 Oil on canvas 84x129.5cm
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Arenaia ,the Nymph of the Dargle oil painting


Arenaia ,the Nymph of the Dargle
mk221 1880 Oil on canvas 76.2x26.7cm
Painting ID::  51785
Frederick Leighton
Arenaia ,the Nymph of the Dargle
mk221 1880 Oil on canvas 76.2x26.7cm
   
   
     

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     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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