John Leighton
Born 1822
Died 1927
Active: 1913 - 1926
Painter, author
He was Master of the AWG in 1926 and author of 'A Shrovetide Revel' 1922. Dates of birth and death taken from AWG website, if correct he died aged 105. He may be the author of numerous books on design and other topics listed in the National Art Library catalogue (although the date of death given there is 1912).
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Speaker at Realism in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Speaker at The Ornamental Use of Cast-Iron (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Speaker at The Influence of Race, Climate and Diet on Artistic Expression (Art Workers Guild), 1915
Speaker at Geological Formation in Landscape (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Speaker at The Present Position of Symbolism and Allegory (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at The Relation of the Arts to Literature (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Speaker at Tradition and (or versus) Individuality in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at Traditional Treatment of Subject in Italian Painting (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Speaker at Is Portrait Painting a Science or an Art? (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Speaker at Baroque Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Co-operation of the Architect and the Craftsman (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Speaker at Alehouse Signs (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Bellini and his Work (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Byzantinism in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Speaker at Type Design and Typography / Value of Pattern in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1924
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected to membership of Art Workers Guild
1908 - 1926
Master of Art Workers Guild
1926
Personal and Professional Connections
Portrayed in portrait by Allan Gairdner Wyon
1933 (Presumed)
Plaque relief portrait, presented to AWG in 1933 to add to collection of Past-Master portraits [AWG annual report for 1933, p.8].
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1913, p.13; 1914, p.10; 1915, p.17; 1925, p.8. [Please note that other references to leighton post 1916 are not recorded on this database].
Citing this record
'John Leighton', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1216652531, accessed 22 Sep 2023]
