He never married and just before his death from heart failure in 1896, he was ennobled, becoming frederic, lord leighton, baron of stretton His father was a physician, and his grandfather, sir james leighton, was the court physician to russian tsar alexander i He is the only british artist to have been awarded this honour and is buried in st paul's cathedral.
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Lord frederic leighton was one of the most influential and virtuosic artists of the victorian era, a brilliant and stylistically adventurous painter of bodies and landscapes, who later in his career launched a new movement in british sculpture.
Frederic leighton, baron leighton (born dec
3, 1830, scarborough, yorkshire, eng.—died jan 25, 1896, london) was an academic painter of immense prestige in his own time. Frederic leighton was a prominent british victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor, known for his academic style and works depicting historical, biblical, and classical themes. Frederick leighton was an english artist and sculptor, born on december 3, 1830, in scarborough, yorkshire
