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Leighton, Frederic (1830-96)

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Name
Leighton, Frederic (1830-96)
Nationality
English
Biography
Frederic Leighton (b.1830 d.1896) was one of the most successful British artists of the Victorian age. His painting Cimabue’s Madonna, shown at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1855 was bought by Queen Victoria. He depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter in an academic style. In 1878 Leighton was made president of the Royal Academy. He was also the first English artist to become a baron.
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Assets (327 in total)

Flaming June, 1895 (oil on canvas)
The Return of Persephone, c.1891 (oil on canvas)
Antigone (oil on canvas)
Pavonia, 1859 (oil on canvas)
Nausicaa, 1878 (oil on canvas)
Garden of the Hesperides, 1891-92 (oil on canvas)
Biondina, 1879 (oil on canvas)
Orpheus and Euridyce (oil on canvas)
The Music Lesson, 1877 (oil on canvas)
The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet (oil on canvas)
Mnemosyne, The Mother of the Muses (oil on canvas)
Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon (oil on canvas)
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