The Painter

Frederic Leighton

1830–1896 · British · Etruscan school, Aestheticism, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Symbolism

Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) was a British painter whose work has passed into the public domain. That is what lets this studio reproduce it — any of the paintings listed below can be painted by hand, in oils on linen canvas.

Associated with Etruscan school, Aestheticism, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Symbolism.

Reproducing this painter

The Pre-Raphaelites painted thin colour over a wet white ground, which is what gives their pictures that jewelled, almost stained-glass intensity. The method only works if the sequence is followed exactly.

Biographical details on Wikipedia.