Edmund Blair Leighton

(1852–1922) British Romantic painter (1852-1922)

Edmund Blair Leighton (1852–1922) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Edmund Blair Leighton belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Edmund Blair Leighton was born in London and died in London. Edmund Blair Leighton trained at Royal Academy of Arts and Heatherley School of Fine Art. Edmund Blair Leighton worked in London. Wikidata associates Edmund Blair Leighton with Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

One of the best-known works is ‘Lady Godiva’. The works belong mainly to the genre genre painting. The catalogue has 71 works by Edmund Blair Leighton with free images. The dated works span the years 1877–1922. Works by Edmund Blair Leighton are held by several collections, among them Manchester Art Gallery, Kirklees Museums and Galleries, Auckland Art Gallery, and Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Edward Onslow Ford, Petar Ubavkić, Francis Tattegrain, Tadeusz Dowgird, and August Hagborg.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• God Speed
• The Accolade
• Stitching the Standard