Comments on: Edmund Blair Leighton http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/05/13/edmund-blair-leighton/ Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ken C http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/05/13/edmund-blair-leighton/#comment-46850 Ken C Sat, 05 May 2007 07:19:19 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/?p=252#comment-46850 Thank you captain obvious! Thank you captain obvious!

]]> By: Jon Conkey http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/05/13/edmund-blair-leighton/#comment-3239 Jon Conkey Fri, 19 May 2006 01:05:06 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/?p=252#comment-3239 I am often surprised at the "lack of history" when I search deep into some very well known names and subjects. Much of the art history we have today consists only of the letters and notes left by these artists and their families. Some notable painters from France during the Edwardian/ Victorian era were Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1780-1868, Paul Delaroche 1797-1856, Alexandre Cabanel 1823-1889, and John Singer Sargent 1856-1925, who in 1924, William Starkweather described as 'an American born in Florence Italy, educated in Paris France, looks like a German, speaks like an Englishman, and paints like a Spaniard. Edmund Blair Leighton 1853-1922, was truly riding at the crest of the golden age of arts with great talent surrounding him, perhaps due to the extreme excellence of skill painters possessed during that period, folks just took him for granted; like Beethoven and Bach, forgotten only to be rediscovered. Mahalo,JLC I am often surprised at the “lack of history” when I search deep into some very well known names and subjects. Much of the art history we have today consists only of the letters and notes left by these artists and their families.
Some notable painters from France during the Edwardian/ Victorian era were Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1780-1868, Paul Delaroche 1797-1856, Alexandre Cabanel 1823-1889, and John Singer Sargent 1856-1925, who in 1924, William Starkweather described as ‘an American born in Florence Italy, educated in Paris France, looks like a German, speaks like an Englishman, and paints like a Spaniard.
Edmund Blair Leighton 1853-1922, was truly riding at the crest of the golden age of arts with great talent surrounding him, perhaps due to the extreme excellence of skill painters possessed during that period, folks just took him for granted; like Beethoven and Bach, forgotten only to be rediscovered. Mahalo,JLC

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/05/13/edmund-blair-leighton/#comment-2436 Charley Parker Tue, 16 May 2006 19:22:37 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/?p=252#comment-2436 Yes, I wish there was more information available on Leighton. I have to admit that I'm not as familiar with French Academic art from the same period as I am with English. Are there French artists in particular that you find interesting from that time? Yes, I wish there was more information available on Leighton.

I have to admit that I’m not as familiar with French Academic art from the same period as I am with English. Are there French artists in particular that you find interesting from that time?

]]> By: Jon Conkey http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/05/13/edmund-blair-leighton/#comment-2237 Jon Conkey Mon, 15 May 2006 18:15:57 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/?p=252#comment-2237 Edmund Blair Leighton could well be the benchmark of the Edwardian/Victorian era. It is interesting to note what was happening in France during the same period. JLC Edmund Blair Leighton could well be the benchmark of the Edwardian/Victorian era. It is interesting to note what was happening in France during the same period. JLC

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