Both the semi-nude Crenaia (1880) and Antigone (1882) feature her instantly recognisable curls and neat chin. Lord Frederic Leighton's Crenaia, the nymph of Dargle, c. 1880 (The Perez Simon ...

For roughly the last three decades of the 19th century, Frederic Leighton (1830-96) stood at the apex of the Victorian art world. A sculptor as well as a painter, he was an immensely gifted ...

Dubbed “the most wonderful painting in existence,” Frederic Leighton’s “Flaming June” is now owned by a Puerto Rican museum Funny story: Andrew Lloyd Webber once saw this painting in a ...

Frederic Leighton’s Flaming June is now considered a treasure of Victorian painting. But at one point it was practically worthless – and nearly vanished, writes Alastair Sooke. This is how the ...

Both the semi-nude Crenaia (1880) and Antigone (1882) feature her instantly recognisable curls and neat chin. Lord Frederic Leighton's Crenaia, the nymph of Dargle, c. 1880 (The Perez Simon ...