Artist: Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896)
Nationality: English
Movement: Classicism
Media: Painting, Sculpture
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Biography:
Frederic Leighton gained worldly experience traveling across Europe in his early life. He studied in Frankfurt, Rome, and Paris before settling in England in 1859. He had gained a reputation four years earlier when his painting, Cimabue’s Madonna Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence was exhibited at the Royal Academy show. Queen Victoria purchased the painting. Despite this achievement, his reputation in England and internationally grew slowly, reaching its height in the middle of the 1860’s. He was elected President of the Royal Academy in 1878. His artistic output consisted of portraits, book illustrations, and Classical Greek-inspired paintings. Leighton was made a baronet in 1886.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Lachrymae (Mary Lloyd), ca. 1895 Frederic Lord Leighton (British, 1830-1896)Oil on canvas; 62 x 24
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Head of a Woman, Called Lucia Frederic Lord Leighton (British, 1830-1896)Oil on canvas; 14 7/8
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Frederic Leighton - Clytie 1890-1892 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Frederic Leighton - Miss Laing 1853 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Frederic Leighton - Miss May Sartoris c. 1860 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum English
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Frederic Leighton - On the Nile, 1868 1868 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Frederic Leighton - Study for Captive Andromache c. 1866 oil on panel Dahesh Museum of Art British
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Frederic Leighton - David "Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest." Psalm 55:6 1865 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Clare Leighton, The Net Menders, 1933
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Lord Frederic Leighton, English, 1830-1896 Painter"s Honeymoon about 1864 Oil on canvas 83.8 x 76.8
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FrÈdÈrick Leighton, Coast of Aegina, 1867
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Clare Leighton, The Clam Diggers, 20th century
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Frederic Leighton - The Syracusan Bride Leading Wild Beasts in Procession to the Temple of Diana c. 1865 oil on canvas Dahesh Museum of Art British
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Henry Inman - Frederic Betts 1830's oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Clare Leighton, Turning the Plow, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, Winnowers, Majorca, 20th century
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Frederic Villeneuve (Louis-Jules-Frederic), Rombeau avec une inscription grecque (Petra), 18th - 19th century
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Clare Leighton, November - Ploughing, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, August - Harvesting, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, February - Lopping, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, June - Haymaking, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, January - Lambing, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, May - Sheep Shearing, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, April - Sowing, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, March - Threshing, 20th century
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William Leighton Leitch, Ben More, Perthshire, 19th century
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Clare Leighton, Landscape, hills and trees, 20th century
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Paul Adolphe Rajon , Sir Frederick Leighton, 19th century
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Clare Leighton, December - The Fat Sock Market, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, October - Cider Making, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, July - Cottage Garden, 20th century
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Clare Leighton, Landscape, church tower and houses, 20th century
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Leighton Bros., Snowballing in the moonlight,Christmas Eve., 19th century
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Clare Leighton, September - Apple PIcking, 20th century
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James Egan, Thomas Leighton, Esquire, 18th - 19th century
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Leighton Bros., A shephard, his dog and his flock on a winter landscape., 19th century
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Pablo Picasso - Portrait of Frederic Joliot-Curie n.d. Lithograph A Museum of Fine Art in Madison, Georgia Spanish
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Frederic Taubes, Concerto, 20th century
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Joseph Swan, The Lakes of Scotland by John M. Leighton (Glasgow: A. Fullarton & Co., 1839), 1839
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Leighton Bros., Cardinal Wolsey, From a painting by Sir. John Gilbert., 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (9)
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White Box: RadioActive: An audio work by Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri
The project will take the form of a radio broadcast that will be played through speakers in front of the gallery of White Box. Passersby will be able to stop at different times of the day and listen to a variety of programs. For one of the pr...
Barber Institute of Fine Arts: The Blue Bower: Rossetti in the 1860s
This exhibition brings together twenty works of art by Rossetti and focuses on his masterpiece of the period, The Blue Bower (1865). These works are displayed in context with paintings and drawings by other nine...
womenphotographers.com: Website for Women Photographers Launched
Women photographers are being offered a page on the website, which enables them to include four images of their choice, 50 words of text, plus a portrait of themselves. If they have their own website, a link is provided. To have a page on the webs...
Figureworks: Robert Shetterly: Annunciation Series -- Eric Weil: Mixed-media Sculpture
Robert Shetterly says of his work, "I make pictures to keep myself from being overwhelmed by the world. I consider my work to be a contemplation of what it means tobe alive - a celebration of the imagination, the ambiguities of human behavior, ...
Arlington Museum of Art: Within Sight: Work by Contemporary Arlington Artists
Artists in Within Sight are: Julia Franklin - Large and small-scale sculptures that use women's shoes as a departure point for exploring gender roles. Benito Huerta - Large canvases and monoprints whose imagery borrows equally from hig...
South London Gallery: Walter Crane (1845-1915): Wallpaper, Costumes and Book Design Alongside The Triumph of Labour
Founded by philanthropist William Rossiter, the South London Gallery opened on its present site in 1891. Rossiter was supported by a group of prominent contemporary artists, including John Ruskin and Frederic, Lord Leighton. The aim of the foundin...
Frick Collection: A Brush with Nature: The Gere Collection of Landscape Oil Sketches
Created by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists working out of doors, these plein-air sketches were painted quickly -- the artists often spent no more than two hours on a work -- and attempted to capture subtle atmospheric effects and...
Christie's: The Forbes Collection of Victorian Pictures and Works of Art on View at Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh
The sale will also profile rare works by lesser-known artists of the Victoria period as the collection spans the key artists and the themes of the period to offer artworks to suit all levels of collecting. "The Forbes Collection of Victorian...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Signac 1863-1935: Master Neo-Impressionist
Often viewed as the second man of Neo-Impressionism, Paul Signac (1863-1935) has long been considered an artist of talent in the shadow of the more celebrated ...

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Frederic Leighton - Greek Girls Picking up Pebbles, Winding the Skein, Old Damascus Jews Quarter, Lieder Ohne Worte...
Lord Frederic Leighton - Art Images - Works and Biography - OCAIW
Amazon.com: Books: Frederic Lord Leighton

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