english painting

1. Edmund Blair Leighton was a painter of historical genre pictures, mainly of medieval times, but also regency. Rather like Waterhouse, and Herbert Draper, Leighton the man has virtually disappeared. The reasons for the continuing popularity of the artist’s work are not difficult to understand, as they are similar to those in his lifetime, namely nostalgia for an elegant chivalrous past. Leighton was also a fastidious craftsman, producing highly- finished, beautifully painted, decorative pictures. Edmund Blair Leighton was born on the 21st September 1853, the son of the artist Charles Blair Leighton. He was educated at University College School, before becoming a student at the Royal Academy Schools. Leighton married Katherine Nash in 1885; they had a son and daughter. He exhibited annually at the RA from 1878 to 1920. Leighton was, as might be expected from his historic genre paintings a collector of old musical instruments, art, and furniture. He lived at 14 Priory Road, Bedford Park, London, and died on the 1st September 1922. Edmund Blair Leighton

2. On the Threshold A Quiet Moment

3. Sunday Morning

4. Lay thy sweet hand in mine and trust in me

5. The Windmiller's Guest

6. Till Death Do Us Part

7. A FAVOUR

8. Sally

9. The Fond Farewell

10. The Time and the Place

11. The Lord of Burleigh, Tennyson

12. The Request

13. Courtship

14. My Next - Door Neighbour A Source of Admiration A Wet Sunday Morning

15. A Source of Admiration

16. A Study

17. ADIEU

18. The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary

19. Gossip

20. The Lord of the Manor Waiting

21. After Service

22. The Piano Lesson

23. Sweet Solitude

24. Lilac

25. Sweets to the Sweet

26. Signing the Register

27. The Golden Train

28. Wedding March

29. Summer Roses The Question

30. Ribbons and Laces for Very Pretty Faces

31. Le Billet

32. Fruit and Flowers Sweethearts

33. A Stem Chase is a Long Chase

34. The Roses' Day

35. Chaff

36. Lady in a Garden

37. Off

38. Sorrow and Song

39. Courtship

40. A Nibble

41. A Stolen Interview

42. God Speed!

43. In Time of Peril

44. The Prisoner

45. Duty

46. Created: Rodica St ătescu Source: INTERNET Forest Tryst Rodica