On the Nile

ID: #20464 | Classicism | Landscapes

Date: 1868
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK
Dimensions: 26.9 x 41.5

Leighton painted picture On the Nile in 1868. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is landscape. Original size is 26.9 x 41.5. This art piece is located in Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Versatile English Classicist artist and baron Frederick Leighton (1830 - 1896) attended several art schools in England and France. In his artistic journey, he was aided by meetings in Paris with the painter Ingres, Delacroix, Corot, and Millet. When he returned to London in 1860, he joined the group of artists called the Pre-Raphaelites, whose founding member was Sir John Everett Millias. Leighton’s paintings represented Britain at the Paris Exhibition in 1900. Among his works were portraits, book illustrations and ancient scenes - Jonathan and David. For his life’s work and contribution to the British art scene, Leighton won a peerage. He could enjoy it for only one day, because the day after, he died.