Edmund Blair Leighton was a painter of historical genre paintings, mainly of medieval times, but also regency. Leighton was a fastidious craftsman, producing highly-finished, decorative pictures. It would appear that he left no diaries, and though he exhibited at the Royal Academy for over forty years, he was never an Academician or an Associate. Very little has been published about Blair Leighton: there are no modern monographs dedicated to his work, he is seldom mentioned in books which discuss Victorian art, and yet some of his paintings number amongst the most recognizable of Victorian art to many people and have fetched large prices at auction in recent years.
Medium: Oil
The vivid garden is captivating. It reminds me of my favorite book, The Secret Garden
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