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Frederic Leighton |
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| Born: 1830 - Died: 1896. |
| Leighton was a hugely successful and popular Victorian painter and sculptor of the highest order. He was the first English painter to be given a peerage. Like many Victorian artists, his themes were often of classical mythology, or simply portrayed beauty for its own sake. He was President of the Royal Academy for almost two decades, & his presidency was a time of unrivalled prestige, & success.
The rich colouring and especially his brilliant handling of fabrics and drapery show a skill and experience few could match. Leighton noted "Combination of expressed motion and rest source of fascination in drapery - wayward flow & ripple like a living water together with absolute repose". Leighton did not want to paint pretty pictures. He once said "By the by, if you think my picture pretty, please don't say so; it's the only form of abuse which I resent".
Leighton was a lifelong bachelor. In later life his favorite model was Ada Alice Pullen, known as Dorothy Dene he also used is Lily Langtry, famous mistress of the Prince Of Wales, later King Edward VII, as a model, as the nymph in “The Idyll”.
Throughout his life he was energetic, & hardworking, & his inability to take life more easily when in his sixties accelerated his death. It is a curious fact that Leighton was only Baron Leighton of Stretton on the last day of his life. His funeral was held at St Pauls Cathedral. Leighton died without finishing his final work, the painting of “Perseus On Pegasus”.
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