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Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton
Self portrait of Leighton (1880)
Personal information
NameThe Right Honourable
The Lord Leighton
PRA
Birth date3 December 1830
Death date25 January 1896(age 65)
Death placeLondon, England
NationalityEnglish
Fieldpainting and sculpture
TrainingEduard Von Steinle
MovementAcademicism
WorksFlaming June
InfluencedFrank Bernard Dicksee
AwardsPrix de Rome,
Légion d'honneur

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Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA (3 December 1830 � 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton, Bt, between 1886 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage became extinct.

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Sir Francis Grant
President of the Royal Academy
1878-1896|
Succeeded by
Sir John Everett Millais, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New creation
Baronet
(of Holland Park Road)

1886-1896
Succeeded by
Extinct
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New creation
Baron Leighton
1896
Succeeded by
Extinct



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