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Edmund Blair Leighton

Edmund Blair Leighton - born September 21, 1853 - died September 1, 1922. was a British painter, while not an official member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he is often associated with the Pre-Raphaelites and Romantic styles of painting. Leighton was the son of the artist Charles Blair Leighton. He was trained at University College School, prior to becoming a pupil at the Royal Academy Schools. He wedded Katherine Nash in 1885 and they had two children, a son and daughter. He exhibited yearly at the Royal Academy from 1878 to 1920. Leighton was a historical genre painter concentrating principally on Regency and medieval themes. Leighton is best known for his adorned work commonly depicting medieval chivalry or highly tender moments between couples. His popularity today remains strong and his timeless scenes sought after in reproductions.

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Edmund Blair Leighton Biography

Edmund Blair Leighton was born on the 21st September 1853, the son of the artist Charles Blair Leighton. He was educated at University College School, before becoming a student at the British Royal Academy Schools. Leighton married Katherine Nash in 1885 and the couple had both a son and daughter. The son would, as his father before him, follow in his fathers footsteps and take up a career as an artist.

Blair Leighton exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between the yeas 1878 to 1920. Leighton was, as could be foreseen from his historically themed paintings, a accumulator of aged musical instruments, art, and furniture. Leighton started exhibiting in 1874, and followed, four years later, in assuring the verdict of the Hanging Committee of the Royal Academy as a result of two paintings, titled respectively 'Witness My Act and Seal,' and "A Flaw in the Title." Since then his extremely formed style was on a regular basis represented at Burlington House until two years preceding to his death. lived at 14 Priory Road, Bedford Park, London, and died on the 1st September 1922.

Edmund Blair Leighton

Stitching the Standard - Edmund Blair Leighton

Edmund Blair Leighton Notable Paintings

* Old Times (1877), private collection
* Till Death Us Do Part (1878)
* The Dying Copernicus (1880)
* Abaelard and his Pupil Heloise (1882), Phillips Auctioneers, UK
* Duty (1883)
* The Gladiator's Wife (1884), private collection
* The Rehearsal (1888), Croydon Clocktower, UK
* Call To Arms (1888), Roy Miles Fine Paintings
* A Stolen Interview (1888)
* Olivia (1888)
* How Liza Loved the King (1890), Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley
* Lay thy sweet hand in mine and trust in me (1891)
* Lady Godiva (1892), Leeds City Art Gallery
* Two Strings (1893)
* Launched in Life (1894)
* My Next-Door Neighbour (1894), private collection
* Waiting for the Coach (1895), Manchester Art Gallery
* A Favour (1898)
* Off (1899), Manchester Art Gallery
* God Speed! (1900)
* On the Threshold (1900), Manchester Art Gallery
* The Accolade (1901), private collection
* Adieu (1901), Manchester Art Gallery
* Lilac (1901)
* Alain Chartier (1903)
* Tristan and Isolde (1907)
* The Dedication (1908)
* The Shadow (1909)
* The Key (1909)
* To the Unknown Land (1911)
* The Boyhood of Alfred The Great (1913)
* My Fair Lady (1914)
* A Nibble (1914), private collection.
* The Wedding March (1919)
* The Lord of Burleigh, Tennyson (1919), private collection.
* Sweet Solitude (1919), private collection
* After Service (1921), private collection
* Signing the Register, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
* The Fond Farewell, Messum's, London.
* Lord of the Manor, private collection.
* Sorrow and Song, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
* Lady in a Garden
* The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
* The Rose's Day
* Stitching the Standard
* The King and the Beggar-maid
* End of the Song
* Knighted
* Waiting
* Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament
* Forest Tryst
* Sweets to the Sweet
* Courtship
* Con Amore
* The Request

The End of The Song - Edmund Blair Leighton

The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary - Edmund Blair Leighton

Duty - Edmund Blair Leighton

Courtship - Edmund Blair Leighton

A Favour - Edmund Blair Leighton

Forest Tryst - Edmund Blair Leighton

Till Death Us Do Part - Edmund Blair Leighton

The King and the Beggar Maid - Edmund Blair Leighton

The Accolade - Edmund Blair Leighton

Off - Edmund Blair Leighton

God Speed - Edmund Blair Leighton

Call to Arms - Edmund Blair Leighton

Alain Chartier - Edmund Blair Leighton

The Prisoner - Edmund Blair Leighton

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