Comments on: Frederick Lord Leighton

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:00:59 +0000

Can you tell me if Lord Leighton or any of his family had any connection with Liverpool. Was he married and did he have any children

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:32:34 +0000

Hi, I would like to know about what value 2 small Lord Frederic Leighton oil studies are valued at.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:18:38 +0000

Joe,

I’m not familiar with Leighton’s sculpture. I’ll have to look into that. Thanks.

By: joe boyle

joe boyle — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:23:01 +0000

Victorian “academic” painting, British or French, is one of the great achievements of Western Civilization. The technical expertise of Bouguereau,Alma-Tadema, Leighton, et al, is amazing. For me, NO artist who has not mastered anatomy and perspective is worth viewing. I’d love to see examples of the technical skills of some “abstract” painters..until I do, I consider abstraction to be the refuge of the unskilled.
Incidentally, Leighton was also a formidable sculptor.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:13:41 +0000

Jon, I agree, this is a particularly rich and underappreciated time in the histroy of art, usually overshadowed by the attention paid to impressionism and the birth of modernism.

I happen to enjoy Peter Max, his stuff is just fun, but I also agree in that I could spend much more time with Leighton.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:06:41 +0000

Darren, Thanks for your comments. Yes, although I like the French Academic painters as well and I’m aware of the criticisms often leveled at all of the Academic artists for formality, lack of emotion and so on. The British Neoclassical painters always seemed to be pushing forward and exploring even within the confines of the Academic restrictions.

Other readers may want to check out Darren’s intriguing drawings on his Faint Marks blog.

By: Jon Conkey

Jon Conkey — Tue, 30 May 2006 16:27:28 +0000

My apologies to Peter Max. JLC

By: Jon Conkey

Jon Conkey — Tue, 30 May 2006 16:26:22 +0000

I think a lot about this time period, it was a very rich time in so many ways. The world thirsts for work like this today. Though true, modern art may inspire, but these painters showed us the heights that one may achieve when very particular skills are obtained through extreme discipline, devotion, and study. To put in a more simple way; I do not feel as “moved” standing in front of a Peter Max, as I do when standing in front of a Frederick Lord Leighton. JLC

By: Darren Reece

Darren Reece — Tue, 30 May 2006 08:10:43 +0000

The British painters of that time were a great counterpoint to the impressionist/post-impressionist developments on the continent. They also manage to avoid the subtle ridicule that plagues the legacy of late 19th Century French establishment artists such as Bouguereau.