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Edmund Leighton

1852 - 1922

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Edmund Blair Leighton (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Leighton is the 613th most popular painter (down from 549th in 2019), the 1,460th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,075th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Edmund Leighton ranks 613 out of 2,023. Before him are Paula Rego, Cornelis van Haarlem, Vlaho Bukovac, Karl von Piloty, Benvenuto Tisi, and Léon Cogniet. After him are Arshile Gorky, Jules Breton, Hans Burgkmair, Frans Masereel, Francesco del Cossa, and Tom of Finland.

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Among people born in 1852, Edmund Leighton ranks 36. Before him are Calamity Jane, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Victor Adler, Terauchi Masatake, Arnold Toynbee, and Hans Vaihinger. After him are Joseph Freinademetz, Théophile Delcassé, John Harvey Kellogg, Ion Luca Caragiale, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, and I. L. Peretz. Among people deceased in 1922, Edmund Leighton ranks 46. Before him are Wolfgang Kapp, Jacobus Kapteyn, Lothar von Richthofen, Ōkuma Shigenobu, Wilhelm Voigt, and Vlaho Bukovac. After him are Gaston, Count of Eu, Paul Durand-Ruel, Eugen Ehrlich, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, Sidney Sonnino, and John William Godward.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Leighton ranks 1,460 out of 8,785. Before him are Matt Smith (1982), David Hartley (1705), Constance Lloyd (1858), Frederick Keeping (1867), Kim Wilde (1960), and Ethel Smyth (1858). After him are Alison Steadman (1946), Kate Beckinsale (1973), William Walton (1902), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Steven Berkoff (1937), and Honor Blackman (1925).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Edmund Leighton ranks 19. Before him are Leonora Carrington (1917), John Tenniel (1820), Richard Hamilton (1922), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Thomas Lawrence (1769), and Joseph Wright of Derby (1734). After him are Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Thomas Cole (1801), John Martin (1789), George Stubbs (1724), John William Godward (1861), and Arthur Rackham (1867).

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