Comments on: Frederick Lord Leighton

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:30:17 +0000

1895

By: CHHING

CHHING — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:27:03 +0000

Hi! i just want to know that when this picture was painted.

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:32:49 +0000

never mind

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:29:26 +0000

i would like to ask if the artwork above is considered neoclassical and what’s the name of the artwork

please reply

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.