Edmund Blair Leighton: Straying Thoughts, 1913

Edmund Blair Leighton's (1853-1922) most famous works are among the most widely recognized paintings of the period. His works of Godspeed (1900) and the Accolade (1901) are used as the epitome of medieval iconography. Though probably best known for his medieval compositions, he also painted a large number of nineteenth century costume pieces which share similar subject of male female interaction and romantic gesture. When one looks at Leighton's body of work as a whole, it is clear that he captures a certain quality that reaches the core of human emotion. Despite differences in time, the subject of love and romance are the same and universal.

He was the son of the artist Charles Blair Leighton, and studied at the South Kensington School of Art, later gaining entry to the Royal Academy of Art School in 1874. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1878 -1920, and made illustrations for the noted publisher Cassell & Co, as well as such magazines as Harper's Bazaar.

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