Benjamin Williams Leader

realism

Benjamin Williams Leader Paintings 1831 - 1923 English Painter, Naturalism

A Fine Day on the Thames, 1907

Oil on canvas, 12.01 x 20.08 inches [30.5 x 51 cm]

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OIL PAINTING: A Fine Day on the Thames, 1907
From the outset Leader's interest was in landscapes, his early paintings, in it's detailed painting and bright colours showing the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites. Later in his career Leader gradually changed to a looser, less detailed style of painting. Unusually for the time Leader painted out of doors, if only at the initial stages of work on his oil paintings .