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Flaming June is a painting by Sir Frederic Leighton, produced in 1895. Painted with oil paints on a 47-by-47-inch (1,200 mm × 1,200 mm) square canvas, it depicts a sleeping woman in a sensuous version of his classicist Academic style. It is Leighton's most recognisable work, and is much reproduced in posters and other media.
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Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, PRA (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical , and classical subject matter in an academic style .
Original – Flaming June is a painting by Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, produced in 1895. Painted with oil on a 47"×47" square canvas, it is widely considered to be Leighton's magnum opus, showing his classicist nature. Reason High quality reproduction of a notable painting, and thus high EV. Articles in which this image appears
An aerial view of Northwest Washington, D.C. in June 2018. Washington, D.C., was a planned city, and many of the city's street grids were developed in that initial plan. In 1791, President George Washington commissioned Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French-born military engineer and artist, to design the new capital.
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She sat for Leighton when he painted Bianca in 1881. Aside from Cymon and Iphigenia Dene appeared as the maiden catching the ball in Leighton's Greek Girls Playing Ball. Her long arms embellish the painter's Summer Moon. She also was the model for his Captive Andromache, The Garden of the Hesperides, The Bath of Psyche, Flaming June, among many ...