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Frederic Leighton

1830 - 1896

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Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederic Leighton has received more than 568,714 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Frederic Leighton is the 392nd most popular painter (up from 396th in 2019), the 882nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 877th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Painter.

Frederic Leighton was a Victorian painter, sculptor, and illustrator. He is most famous for his paintings of classical scenes and portraits.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frederic Leighton ranks 392 out of 1,421Before him are Édouard Vuillard, Eugène Atget, William Holman Hunt, Lyonel Feininger, Georg Baselitz, and Fernand Khnopff. After him are Giambattista Pittoni, Jean-Marc Nattier, Konrad Witz, Ferdinand Bol, Marcantonio Raimondi, and Max Klinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Frederic Leighton ranks 19Before him are Isma'il Pasha, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, Étienne-Jules Marey, Élisée Reclus, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Ōkubo Toshimichi, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Jules de Goncourt, and Samori Ture. Among people deceased in 1896, Frederic Leighton ranks 22Before him are José Rizal, Ambroise Thomas, Louis-Jules Trochu, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, John Langdon Down, and Richard Avenarius. After him are Prince Henry of Battenberg, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Ichiyō Higuchi, Ernst Engel, Maurice de Hirsch, and Luigi Federico Menabrea.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederic Leighton ranks 882 out of 7,765Before him are William Holman Hunt (1827), Edward Whymper (1840), Peter Cushing (1913), Rob Halford (1951), Joseph Swan (1828), and Thomas Chatterton (1752). After him are Mike Newell (1942), Archer Martin (1910), James Paul Moody (1887), James Lovelock (1919), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), and Robert Clive (1725).

Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Frederic Leighton ranks 11Before him are Joshua Reynolds (1723), John Everett Millais (1829), Louis Wain (1860), Leonora Carrington (1917), Richard Hamilton (1922), and William Holman Hunt (1827). After him are John Tenniel (1820), Edmund Leighton (1852), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Thomas Cole (1801), Thomas Lawrence (1769), and John William Godward (1861).