Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922), was born in London as the son of a professional painter, Charles Blair Leighton. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools, where he later exhibited between 1878 and 1920 and he also exhibited frequently at the Suffolk Street Gallery.
Leighton was a painter of historical classical genre. Initially, he portrayed medieval historical subjects until the 1880s, when he and two other contemporary painters, Quiller Orchardson and Marcus Stone, were inspired by the Regency style of 1810-20.
Together, these artists portrayed the nostalgia of the pre-industrial golden age, by depicting elegant ladies in charming landscapes or interiors and their paintings became enormously popular amongst those who benefited from Industrial Revolution. Leighton worked predominantly in oil and his work was later extensively engraved.
The Accolade
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
The Accolade
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
The Accolade
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
God Speed
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
God Speed
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
The Accolade
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
Signing the Register
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
A Sailor's Farewell
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
A Favour
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
The Accolade, 1901
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
God Speed, 1900
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
A Little Prince Likely In Time To Bless A Royal Throne, 1904
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
Sorrow and Song (Restrike Etching)
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
Call to Arms, 1888
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
Courtship
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
A King And A Beggar Maid, 1898
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
The Gladiators Wife, 1884
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
A Wet Sunday Morning, 1896
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
Sweets to the Sweet (Restrike Etching)
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
A Favour, 1898
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
The End Of The Song, 1902
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
A Stern Chase, is a Long Chase (Restrike Etching)
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
My Next-Door Neighbour, 1894
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
Alain Chartier, 1903
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
A Source Of Admiration, 1904
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
Olivia, 1887
Edmund Blair Leighton
|
|
A Stolen Interview, 1888
Edmund Blair Leighton
|