This
is the magnificent world of
E.
Blair Leighton
Edmund Blair Leighton
was born in London. He studied
at the Royal Academy
Schools and exhibited there from
1878. Blair Leighton
was renowned for his romantic
medieval scenes, of
which the following two paintings
are commendable examples.
In line with most of the
Pre-Raphaelites, he
used an almost photographic style,
especially with faces
and fabrics, and long beautiful
dresses are sometimes
the highlights of his pictures,
this is certainly the
case in 'The Accolade' which is one
of my very favourite
paintings.
The whereabouts of
the original are presently unknown,
wouldn't you
just love to find it?
The 'Accolade'
'Tristan and Isolde'
The beautiful model
is, of course, the same in both
paintings. There is
not necessarily conflict here
because, according
to Arthurian legend, Isolde was
Queen of Cornwall and
may well have carrried out
knighting ceremonies.
The gorgeous Queen may,
however, be Guinevere.
You may decide for
yourselves!
Would you like
to see more of
E. Blair Leighton's
work? I'd like to
direct you once again
to the excellent
ArtMagick's
Pre-Raphaelite Site
which has more of his
paintings than are
usually found together,
he isn't all that
easy to find. Enjoy!
While you are here
you
may like to sign my
  
Background set used
with
kind permission of
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