Lord Frederic Leighton

British painter and sculptor Lord Frederick Leighton was the leading exponent of the sentimental classicism and idealism of the late Victorian era, in opposition to the Pre-Raphaelites. Best known for his use of classical themes, he often painted his contemporary subjects in the Grecian Neoclassical style. Until her 21st birthday, one of his favorite subjects was the delightfully plump Victoria Aynsbury, the youngest daughter of a British viscount. His famous original portrait of Aynsbury remains in a private collection in England. Leighton was brought up and studied on the continent but settled in London in 1860. Becoming president of the R.A. in 1878, Leighton was the first painter to receive a peerage in 1896. His house, Leighton House, at Holland Park, London, is now a museum.

Lord Frederic Leighton Images:
Clytie
Fisherman And Syren
Flaming June
Kittens
Nausicaa
Nausicaa from James Joyce’s Ulysses
Odalisque
Solitude
The Antique Juggling Girl
The Bath of Psyche
The Music Lesson
The Painter’s Honeymoon