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.to
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19th century Fall English landscape with figures on a path in the highlands
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Woodbury, CT
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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Canvas, Oil
Morning sunshine at low tide
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923)
Morning sunshine at low tide
Signed 'B.W. LEADER' lower left
Oil on board
Painting Size 12 x 17 in
Framed Size 19 x 24 in
Provenance
With The Ma...
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19th Century Victorian Benjamin Williams Leader Art
Materials
Oil
"A Hazy Morning on the Welsh Hills" by Benjamin Williams Leader
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Wiscasset, ME
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 March 1923) was an English landscape painter.
The inspiration for these early works was the countryside around Worcester itself, "the cottages, farmhouses, lanes, hedgerows and churches, so exceedingly picturesque and beautiful". However, Leader did not finish his course of studies at the R. A, nor did he need to – his paintings proved to be in great demand by wealthy buyers and he achieved an enviable degree of commercial success within only a few years of his first sale.
In 1857 he changed his name to Benjamin Williams Leader to distinguish himself from the many other painters with the surname Williams. In autumn of that year he travelled to Scotland, and painted A Quiet pool in Glen Falloch...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Benjamin Williams Leader Art
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$4,400 Sale Price
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Conway Bay, Low Water
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Wiscasett, ME
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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Oil
$2,700 Sale Price
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'Wading in the River' 19th century landscape painting of figures, greenery
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Wading in the River' by William Henry Mander. A 19th century landscape painting of figures and baby wading in a river. Surrounded by lush greenery. This highly detailed painting by ...
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19th Century Impressionist Benjamin Williams Leader Art
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Canvas, Oil
A Hazy Morning on the Welsh Hills
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Wiscasett, ME
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 March 1923) was an English landscape painter. The inspiration for these early works was the countryside around Worcester itself, "the cottages, farmhouses, lanes, hedgerows and churches, so exceedingly picturesque and beautiful". However, Leader did not finish his course of studies at the R. A, nor did he need to – his paintings proved to be in great demand by wealthy buyers and he achieved an enviable degree of commercial success within only a few years of his first sale. In 1857 he changed his name to Benjamin Williams Leader to distinguish himself from the many other painters with the surname Williams. In autumn of that year he travelled to Scotland, and painted A Quiet pool in Glen Falloch...
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1870s Victorian Benjamin Williams Leader Art
Materials
Oil
$4,400 Sale Price
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Sunset
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Benjamin Williams Leader 1831-1923, was an English landscape painter, he exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of 23 and continued every year until 1922. He was a very popular ...
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Late 19th Century Benjamin Williams Leader Art
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Paper, Watercolor
"Conway Bay Low Water" by Benjamin Williams Leader
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Wiscasset, ME
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 British Victorian Antique Benjamin Williams Leader Art
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Paint
$2,700 Sale Price
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Artist: Benjamin Williams Leader RA (12 March 1831 – 22 March 1923) English landscape painter.
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