Artists in the Spotlight: Frederic Leighton

Already at the age of eleven, ie 1841, Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton was taught in Rome in painting and then studied first at the Academy of Berlin, from 1844 in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli (1784 - 1855) and then under Eduard Jakob von Steinle (1810 - 1886) at the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt am Main. The influence of the young Frederic Leighton was influenced above all by the Nazarenes and the painters of the Italian Renaissance, one of whom inspired Leighton to create his first two large paintings: Giotto, found among the sheep of Cimabue (1847) and Cimabue's Madonna in procession (1852) - 1855). The latter was sent by Leighton after completion to the Royal Academy and was also his breakthrough as an artist. Before returning to Rome in 1858, Leighton lived in Paris. During his time in Rome, he made four portraits of the Italian model Anna Risi, later lover and muse Anselm Feuerbach (1829 - 1880). In 1859, Leighton returned to London, where three of the portraits of Anna Risi were also exhibited at the Royal Academy: Pavonia, An Italian Lady and A Roman Lady. Although Leighton did not consider himself a member of the Pre-Raphaelites, his works were apparently influenced by the artist group after his return to London. Leighton rose rapidly within the Royal Academy: in 1866 he was only Associate, 1869 Member and President in 1878, a task he took very seriously.

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