Frederic Leighton
English painter and sculptor (1830-1896) · United Kingdom · Artists · Died at 65
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Something wrong?A Victorian painter whose canvases of gods and biblical scenes sold for fortunes, then spent decades in critical exile. He also held a British peerage for exactly one day before it died with him.
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1880 Frederic Leighton - Self portrait_(51312337950).jpg?width=1200)
"Pavonia" de Frederic Leighton (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) (51312337950).jpg?width=1200)
Affiche de la première exposition internationale d'art de la ville de Venise en 1895 (15612917050)
Blue plaque to Lord Leighton - geograph.org.uk - 3752993
Cast of Frederic, Lord Leighton's hands, taken upon his death by an unknown artist, 1896, plaster - Leighton House Museum - London - DSC01914.jpg?width=1200)
Frederic Leighton - Dante in Exile (sketch)
Frederic Leighton - Study of draped woman
Frederic Leighton’s studio, 1 April 1895Awards
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Frederic Leighton was born on 3 December 1830 and built a career rendering historical, biblical, and classical subjects in meticulous academic style. During his lifetime his paintings commanded enormous sums and widespread popularity. In 1878 he became Sir Frederic Leighton, and on 24 January 1896, the day before his death, he was elevated to Baron Leighton - making his the shortest-lived hereditary peerage in history, extinguished within 24 hours. The early 20th century turned cold on his work, and for decades the critical establishment dismissed what Victorian audiences had adored. He died on 25 January 1896.
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