Edmund Leighton art

Leighton was the son of the artist Charles Blair Leighton (1823–1855) and Caroline Leighton (née Boosey). He was educated at University College School, before becoming a student at the Royal Academy Schools. He married Katherine Nash in 1885 and they went on to have a son and daughter. He exhibited annually at the Royal Academy from 1878 to 1920.

Leighton was a fastidious craftsman, producing highly finished, decorative pictures, displaying romanticized scenes with a popular appeal. It would appear that he left no diaries, and though he exhibited at the Royal Academy for over forty years, he was never an Academician or an Associate.

Edmund Leighton Yes or No

Edmund Leighton Witness My Act and Seal

Edmund Leighton Where there's a will

Edmund Leighton Vox Populi

Edmund Leighton Vows

Edmund Leighton Vanquished

Edmund Leighton The Accolade