George Dunlop Leslie

George Dunlop Leslie ( born July 2, 1835 in London, † February 21, 1921 in Lindfield ( Sussex ) ) was an English painter and illustrator.

Life and work

Leslie, son of Charles Robert Leslie, was initially a pupil of his father, then moved into the Academy in 1854 and introduced in 1857 with the success his first picture of Hope, where a large number of other followed, in the compound of the landscape with the figures, a deep sense and show great grace, but in color are often soft and blurry. The most important are:

  • The reminiscence of a Ball ( 1859)
  • The feast day in the monastery (1861 )
  • The cousins ​​from the country
  • News from home
  • The empty sleeve of the Admirals (1868 )
  • The Schifferhaus
  • The " Fortunes" titled Society of Young Ladies ( 1870)
  • Nausicaa (1871 )
  • The auburn girl (1874 )
  • Lavinia, Lucy and Puck
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