The artist Frederic Leighton was just shy of 50 when ... later adapted for the musical My Fair Lady. Leighton was of considerably smarter stock – his grandfather had been physician to the ...

Dubbed “the most wonderful painting in existence,” Frederic Leighton’s “Flaming June” is now owned by a Puerto Rican museum Funny story: Andrew Lloyd Webber once saw this painting in a ...

Like most Englishmen of the 19th century, Frederic Leighton believed that beautiful art consisted in the depiction of beautiful things. In practice, this conviction led to images of statuesque ...

Museo de Arte de Ponce, The Luis A Ferré Foundation, Inc Frederic Leighton’s Flaming June is now considered a treasure of Victorian painting. But at one point it was practically worthless ...

Meanwhile, the young Frederic Leighton was likewise in Europe ... The Prinseps were now unwell and the widowed Lady Holland was advised to sell off the property for development. Watts was distraught ...

When you think of Frederic Leighton, eminent Victorian, president of the Royal Academy, painter of that staple of the gift card market, Flaming June, it’s probably classical figure paintings ...

The artist Frederic Leighton was just shy of 50 when ... later adapted for the musical My Fair Lady. Leighton was of considerably smarter stock – his grandfather had been physician to the ...