Victorian classicism

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) was the most honoured British painter of the Victorian age, a master of classical beauty and polished technique. His Flaming June is an icon of Victorian art.

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1830–1896 · British Victorian painter

Leighton rose to President of the Royal Academy and was the first painter ever made a British peer.

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Surprising fact

Leighton was made a baron the day before he died — so his peerage lasted just one day, the shortest in British history.

Source: Wikipedia / Wikimedia

The most honoured British painter of the Victorian era.
Master of classical, idealised beauty; painted Flaming June.
Held the shortest peerage in British history — one day.

Portrait: Frederic Leighton — Portrait: Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia.

Key works

A key work by Frederic Leighton

These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.

1895

Flaming June

Flaming June is one of Frederic Leighton's defining works.