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Frederick Leighton

Ralph Winwood Robinson, 'Photograph of Lord Leighton PRA', 1891

Our Collection

6 years ago

Artist of the month: May 2015

From a Continental training, Lord Leighton had a mixed reception in Britain, but went on to be President of the RA.
Leighton House Museum

Artists

> 6 years ago

Will Alsop RA on the architecture of Leighton House

In this article from the RA Magazine archive, architect Will Alsop discusses Leighton House, and what its architecture says about Frederick Leighton, the Royal Academy President who commissioned it.