Edmund Leighton

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Edmund Blair Leighton (September 21, 1853—September 1, 1922) was a British painter. Most of his paintings were medieval scenes of chivalry. His best known work is "The Accolade".

[edit] Painting

• Old Times (ca 1877)
• Till Death Us Do Part (1878)
• The Dying Copernicus (1880)
• Abaelard und seine Schülerin Heloïsa (1882)
• Duty (1883) see
• Call To Arms (1888)
• A Stolen Interview (1888)
• Olivia (1888)
• How Lisa Loved the King (1890)
• Lay thy sweet hand in mine and trust in me (1891)
• Lady Godiva (1892)
• Two Strings (1893)
• Launched in Life (1894)
• A Favour (1898)
• God Speed! (1900)
• Off (1900)
• The Accolade (1901)
• Adieu (1901)
• Lilac (1901)
• Alain Chartier (1903) see
• Tristran and Isolde (1907) see
• The Dedication (1908)
• The Shadow (1909)

• The key (1909)
• To the Unknown Land (1911)
• The Boyhood of Alfred The Great (1913)
• My Fair Lady (1914)
• The Wedding March (1919)
• Sweet Solitude (1919)
• Lady in a Garden
• The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
• The Rose's Day
• Stitching the Standard
• The King and the Beggar-maid see
• End of the Song
• Knighted
• Signing the Register
• Waiting
• After Service
• Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament
• Forest Tryst
• Sweets to the Sweet
• Courtship
• Con Amore
• The Request

[edit] Gallery

Peter Abelard and his pupil Heloise (abbess)

Olivia (from Twelfth Night)

Elisabeth of Hungary

[edit] External links

• Brief biography
• Edmund Blair Leighton at the Art Renewal Center

Persondata
NAME	Leighton, Edmund Blair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Romantic painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1922
PLACE OF DEATH	Bedford Park, London, England