Frederic Leighton

(1830–1896) brittisk målare och skulptör

Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Frederic Leighton belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Frederic Leighton was born in Scarborough and died in London. Frederic Leighton trained at Academy of Arts, Berlin, Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, and Royal Academy of Arts. Frederic Leighton worked in London, Brussels, Paris, and Frankfurt. Wikidata associates Frederic Leighton with Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Etruscan school, and Aestheticism. Frederic Leighton became a member of Royal Academy of Arts and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Prix de Rome, Royal Gold Medal, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, and Legion of Honour.

The best-known works include ‘Flaming June’, ‘Cymon and Iphigenia’, ‘The Bath of Psyche’, and ‘Perseus and Andromeda’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, painting, and allegory. The catalogue has 227 works by Frederic Leighton with free images. The dated works span the years 1800–1900. Works by Frederic Leighton are held by several collections, among them Leighton House, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, and National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. Wikidata links 38 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Louis Dubois, Henri de Montaut, Juliette Bonheur, Dionisio Fierros, and Alfred William Hunt.

• Realism
• Flaming June
• Cymon and Iphigenia
• The Bath of Psyche
• Perseus and Andromeda
• Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna
• The Painter's Honeymoon
• Captive Andromache
• The Fisherman and the Syren
• Lachrymae
• Crenaia, the Nymph of the Dargle
• Daphnephoria
• Nausicaa