Edmund Leighton | |
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Born | Edmund Blair Leighton 21 September 1852 London, England |
Died | 1 September 1922 London, England | (aged 69)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Painting |
Edmund Blair Leighton ROI (21 September 1852 – 1 September 1922) was an English painter of historical genre scenes, specialising in Regency and medieval subjects. His art is associated with the pre-Raphaelite movement of the mid-to-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1]