All Frederick Leighton Oil Paintings

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 Memories oil on canvas


Memories
Memories
Painting ID::  83213
  Date 1883 cyf
  Date 1883 cyf

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Frederick Leighton Pavonia oil on canvas


Pavonia
Pavonia
Painting ID::  83352
  1858-1859 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 53 x 41.5 cm (20.9 x 16.3 in) cyf
  1858-1859 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 53 x 41.5 cm (20.9 x 16.3 in) cyf

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Frederick Leighton Gulnihal oil on canvas


Gulnihal
Gulnihal
Painting ID::  84110
  Date 1886 cyf
  Date 1886 cyf

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Frederick Leighton An Italian Lady oil on canvas


An Italian Lady
An Italian Lady
Painting ID::  85144
  An Italian Lady cyf
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Frederick Leighton Study at a read desk oil on canvas


Study at a read desk
Study at a read desk
Painting ID::  97433
  1877(1877) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 63.2 X 65.1 cm cyf
  1877(1877) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 63.2 X 65.1 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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