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Benjamin Williams Leader Art

English, 1831-1923
Benjamin Williams Leader entered the Royal Academy Schools from 1856 and exhibited his first painting at the summer exhibition the following year. Leader would go on to become one of the most celebrated landscape artists of the Victorian age and at the height of his fame his paintings commanded the highest prices of any British artist. He exhibited at the Royal Academy every year from 1857 to 1922, an unbroken 65 continuous years, which still stands as a record today. Benjamin Williams Leader was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1883, and an Academician in 1898. He also exhibited abroad, winning a gold medal at the Paris Salon and awarded the Legion of Honour in 1889. Examples of Leader’s work can be seen in Birmingham and Manchester Art Galleries, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Gallery in London.
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Artist: Benjamin Williams Leader
19th century Fall English landscape with figures on a path in the highlands
By Benjamin Williams Leader
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Wonderful Autumn/Fall landscape by one of Englands finest landscape painters. Born as Benjamin Williams, the artist added the surname Leader (his Father’s middle name) to distingui...
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1880s Victorian Benjamin Williams Leader Art

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Sunset
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Conway Bay, Low Water
By Benjamin Williams Leader
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Oil on panel, signed and dated 1894 in the lower left and inscribed on the reverse. The frame measures 15.25" x 19.25". Leader was born in Worcester as Benjamin Leader Williams, the son, and first child of eleven children, of notable civil engineer Edward Leader Williams (1802–79) and Sarah Whiting (1801–88). His father was described as a "non conformist dissenter" and his mother was a Quaker – their marriage in an Anglican church resulted in them being disowned by the Society of friends. Leader's father was a keen amateur artist – a friend of John Constable – and Benjamin would often accompany him on sketching trips along the banks of the River Severn. His brother, also Edward Leader Williams, later became a notable civil engineer who was knighted for his work, and is now mainly remembered for designing Manchester ship canal...
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1890s Victorian Benjamin Williams Leader Art

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A Hazy Morning on the Welsh Hills
By Benjamin Williams Leader
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Oil on artist panel, signed and dated lower left. It measures 19.75" x 22.75" including the frame, which is likely the original. Benjamin Williams Leader RA (12 March 1831 – 22 Ma...
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A Welsh Hillside Path - Huge 19th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting 1867
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Benjamin Williams Leader, landscape, date 1917.
By Benjamin Williams Leader
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The River Llugwy At Capel Curig
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Benjamin Williams Leader 1831-1923 The River Llugwy At Capel Curig, Wales Oil on Canvas, signed & dated 1864 Image size: 13 ¾ x 17 ½ inches Gilt frame Provenance J. Leger & Son, Bond St, London. 1961 Benjamin Williams Leader was born in Worcester, his father was a keen amateur artist - a friend of the artist John Constable and studied art at Worcester School of Design and later at the Royal Academy. The surrounding countryside to where he lived served as his early inspiration, the picturesque villages and churches, the fields and rivers. His work proved very popular and he sold successfully. He was a regular exhibitor at the RA. 1859 proved to be his most successful year yet, exhibiting his 'A Quiet Pool in Glen Falloch', following a trip to Scotland, Leader' s work was bought by Agnew's and was now going to private galleries rather than being exhibited publicly. He painted the landscapes and scenes between the Severn Valley, Worcestershire, and Wales, in particular, exhibited to much acclaim at the RA 1865, was 'Autumn's Last Gleam' and later in 1881 'February Fill Dyke', following which he became an associate (ARA) and then a Royal Academician (RA) in 1898. Born in Worcester as Benjamin Leader Williams to Sarah Whiting and Edward Leader Williams who was a civil engineer, his brother was also Edward Leader Williams, the civil engineer who designed the Manchester Ship canal...
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