#artist is frederic leighton

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creatures in art: mermaids & sirens

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Venus and Cupid by Frederic Leighton (19th Century)

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John Douglas Miller after Frederic Leighton, Summer Slumber, 1898, etching.

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Frederic Leighton (British, 1830–1896) • Light of the Harem • c. 1880 • Private collection

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Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) "The Hit" Academicism

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Amarilla by Frederic Leighton, 1879.

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Frederic Leighton (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 3 December 1830  

RIP: 25 January 1896

Ethnicity: White - British

Occupation: Artist, sculptor

Note: Was the bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death

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The Fisherman and the Syren (detail), c. 1856. Frederic Leighton

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Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton - Perseus and Andromeda, 1891, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK.

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animals in art: snakes

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Venus Disrobing for the Bath by Frederic Leighton (19th Century)

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Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis (c.1869-1871) by Frederic Leighton

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Frederic Leighton  (British, 1830–1896) • Antigone • 1883 • Private collection

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153. Pentecost III - Anathema (Death/Doom Metal, 1995 - EP)

Art by Sir Frederic Leighton: "Perseus and Andromeda", 1891

"In Greek mythology, the kingdom of Ethiopia was ruled by the beautiful but vain queen, Cassiopeia, who claimed that her beauty was superior to that of the sea nymphs. When the nymphs, who were the daughters of Poseidon, became aware of her claims, they protested to their father. Poseidon retaliated by calling up a sea monster called Cetus to patrol and wreak havoc along the coastline of Ethiopia, placing Cassiope's kingdom at risk. Queen Cassiopeia, together with her husband Cepheus, decided to sacrifice their daughter, Princess Andromeda, to the monster. -Perseus, who had just fought and defeated Medusa, was travelling back home on his winged horse, Pegasus. He rescued Andromeda by killing the creature."

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The Painter's Honeymoon

Frederic Leighton

oil on canvas, 1864

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Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) "Cymon and Iphigenia" (1884) Oil on canvas Academicism Located in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia The painting is based on a story from Boccaccio's "Decameron," in which the well-born and handsome young Galesus was renamed Cymon - meaning beast - on account of his brutishness. One afternoon in May, Cymon chanced upon the sleeping Iphigenia, sensing at once that she was "the loveliest object that any mortal being had ever seen." Falling instantly in love, he became a lifelong devotee of beauty and philosophy.