Lord Frederick
Leighton
English painter, sculptor, illustrator & writer
born 1830- died 1896

Of the Academicism Movement.
His works were of historical, biblical and classical subject matter. He has the distinction of having the shortest peerage in history as the title of Baron Leighton of Stretton in the County of Shropshire, was issued on 24 January 1896; Leighton died the next day of angina pectoris. As Leighton did not have any children the title became extinct.
In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878–96).

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Was one of the last well known French academic painters of what is now called the Classical Realism school (Academicism Movement).
He was very fond of Raphael's artwork and even copied one of his works on his way to winning the coveted Prix de Rome in 1850. He was a well known and well established artist but was lost in history to the emergence of Impressionism (Which he Opposed) during the later years of his life.He had an extreme love for art and painted 826 paintings during his life.

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