Edmund Blair Leighton

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Edmund Blair Leighton, 1900

Edmund Blair Leighton (born September 21, 1853 in London , † September 1, 1922 there ) was an English painter who painted in the Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic styles. His pictures mostly depict scenes from the Middle Ages or from the Regency . His two most famous paintings are God be with you! ( God speed!, 1900) and Der Ritterschlag ( The Accolade , 1901).

Life

Leighton's parents were the late painter Charles Blair Leighton (1823–1855) and Caroline Boosey. After attending University College School in London, Edmund Leighton studied art at the Royal Academy of Arts . From 1878 to 1920 he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy. In 1885 he married Katherine Nash, with whom he had a daughter and a son who also became a painter.

Works (selection)

  • The Dying Copernicus (1880)
  • Abelard and his Pupil Heloise ( Peter Abelard and his pupil Heloisa ) (1882), Phillips Auctioneers, UK
  • To Arms (1888), Roy Miles Fine Paintings
  • 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), City Art Gallery, Leeds
  • Two Strings (1893)
  • Launched in Life (1894)
  • The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary ( The Mercy of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia ) (1895)
  • A Favor (1898)
  • The King and the Beggar-maid (1898), Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross
  • God Speed! ( God be with you! ) (1900)
  • The Accolade ( The dubbing ) (1901), private collection
  • Adieu (1901), Manchester Art Gallery
  • The End of the Song (1902), private collection
  • Alain Chartier (1903)
  • Tristan and Isolde (1907)
  • The Dedication (1908)
  • The Shadow (1909)
  • Stitching the Standard ( sewing the flag ) (1911)
  • To the Unknown Land (1911)
  • Pelleas and Melisande (1911)
  • The Boyhood of Alfred The Great (1913)
  • My fair Lady (1914)
  • The Wedding March (1919)
  • Sweet solitude (1919)
  • After Service (1921)
  • Painting by Edmund Blair Leighton (selection)

  • Abelard and his Pupil Heloisa , 1882

  • In Time of Peril , 1897

  • God Speed! , 1900

  • The Accolade , 1901

  • The End of The Song , 1902

  • Stitching the Standard , 1911

Web links

Commons : Edmund Blair Leighton  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article Charles Blair Leighton , in: The Dictionary of National Biography , ed. by Leslie Stephen - Sidney Lee, Oxford 1892/93, p. 881.
  2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Edmund Blair Leighton 1853-1922 at Victorian Art in Britain.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.victorianartinbritain.co.uk
  3. ↑ a b c d e Bridgeman Art Library .
  4. ↑ More about the picture
personal data
SURNAME Leighton, Edmund Blair
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1922
Place of death London