Saturday, January 22, 2011

Lord Frederic Leighton (December 3, 1830 – January 25, 1896)

                                                                
Daedalus and Icarus
1869

Lord Leighton–he was actually an extremely short-lived lord, dying a day after his peerage was bestowed on him–was one of the greatest painters of the Classicist movement. The movement itself was founded in Greco-Roman aesthetics and owed a great deal of its style to the Pre-Raphaelites. Leighton's works was extremely beautiful and full of a romantic elements; even the artist's face at fifty charmingly exudes a romantic air. 

Old Damascus: The Jewish Quarter
1873-1874

The Light of the Harem
1880

Mother and Child (Cherries)
1865

Self-Portrait
1880

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