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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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Antigone
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1882
Oil on canvas
60.3x49.5cm
1830-1896
Painting ID:: 51786
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Antigone
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1882
Oil on canvas
60.3x49.5cm
1830-1896
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Idyll
Date c. 1880 - 1881
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 104.1 x 212.1 cm
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Painting ID:: 74179
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Idyll
Date c. 1880 - 1881
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 104.1 x 212.1 cm
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The Bath of Psyche
Date 1879(1879)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 76124
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The_Bath_of_Psyche
Date 1879(1879)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Odalisque
English: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 90.8 ?? 45.7 cm (35.7 ?? 18 in)
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Painting ID:: 76542
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Odalisque
English: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 90.8 ?? 45.7 cm (35.7 ?? 18 in)
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Nausicaa
English: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 57 x 26 3/8 inches (145 x 67 cm)
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Painting ID:: 76550
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Nausicaa
English: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 57 x 26 3/8 inches (145 x 67 cm)
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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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