His 1877 sculpture, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, was considered at its time to inaugurate a renaissance in contemporary British sculpture, referred to as the New Sculpture. In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878–96). He designed Elizabeth Barrett Browning's tomb for Robert Browning in the English Cemetery, Florence in 1861. In 1860, he moved to London, where he associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He lived in Paris from 1855 to 1859, where he met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. When in Florence, aged 24, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, he painted the procession of the Cimabue Madonna through the Borgo Allegri. He then received his artistic training on the European continent, first from Eduard Von Steinle and then from Giovanni Costa. He was educated at University College School, London. Leighton was born in Scarborough to a family in the import and export business. ( Picture: Self portrait of Leighton (1880)) Leighton was bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history after only one day his hereditary peerage ended with his death. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Elisa_rolle Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton, Bt, between 18, was an English painter and sculptor.
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