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Cecil Leonard Burns (born circa 1863-1929)

Cecil Leonard Burns
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Biography

Cecil Leonard Burns was a 19th Century British painter of genre scenes, flowers, mythological subjects and portraits. Burns studied under Sir Hubert von Herkomer at the Bushey School of Art. Besides exhibiting works at the Royal Academy and Society of British artists at Suffolk Street, he held the position of Principal of Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts from 1897 to 1899 and was then elected Principal of the Bombay School of Art, where he remained until 1918.