Edmund Leighton
Edmund Blair Leighton ( born September 21, 1853 in London, † September 1, 1922 ) was an English painter who painted in the Pre-Raphaelite and romantic style. His paintings mostly depict scenes from the Middle Ages or the Regency dar. When his two most famous paintings are considered God be with you! (God speed!, 1900) and a knighthood (The Accolade, 1901).
Life
Leighton's parents had died young painter of Charles Blair Leighton (1823-1855) and Caroline Boosey. After attending the 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 was also a painter.
Works (selection)
- The Dying Copernicus (1880 )
- Abelard and his Pupil Heloise (Peter Abelard and his student Heloise ) ( 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 ( Mercy St. Elisabeth of Hungary ) ( 1895)
- A Favour (1898 )
- The King and the Beggar - maid ( 1898), Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross
- God Speed ! ( God be with you! ) ( 1900)
- The Accolade ( The Accolade ) ( 1901), Private Collection
- Adieu (1901 ), Manchester Art Gallery
- Alain Chartier (1903 )
- Tristan and Isolde (1907 )
- The Dedication ( 1908)
- The Shadow (1909 )
- Stitching the Standard ( sewing the flag ) ( 1911)
- To the Unknown Country (1911 )
- The Boyhood of Alfred The Great (1913 )
- My Fair Lady ( 1914)
- The Wedding March (1919)
- Sweet Solitude (1919)
- After Service ( 1921)