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Benjamin Williams Leader (British, 1831-1923)
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Benjamin Williams Leader
Sunshine After Rain 1882
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Benjamin Williams Leader
The Breezy Morn 1898
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Biography |
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1831 |
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Born on March 12 in Worcester, England as Benjamin Leader Williams |
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1854 |
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Admitted as a student to the Royal Academy Schools in London |
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1857 |
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Changed his name to "Benjamin Williams Leader" in order to distinguish himself from the many other painters with the surname "Williams" |
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1861 |
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Moved to London |
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1865 |
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On a visit to Paris, he came to admire the plein air (open-air) techniques used by the French Barbizon artists |
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1876 |
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Married fellow artist Mary Eastlake |
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1883 |
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Became Associate of the Royal Academy |
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1862 - 1889 |
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Lived in Whittington |
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1889 |
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Moved to Burrows Crosse House in Surrey, which was designed by Norman Shaw for the artist Frank Holl (British, 1845-1888) |
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1889 |
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Leader was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, an honour secured on the recommendation of French artist Meissonier |
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1889 |
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Received a gold medal for his painting In the evening it shall be light (1882), exhibited that year at the Exposition Universelle in Paris |
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1898 |
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Became a Royal Academician (RA) |
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1914 |
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Honorary Freeman of the City of Worcester in recognition of his services (as a director of Royal Worcester Porcerlain and a native of the city) |
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1914 |
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One of his paintings entered the royal collection, when King George V and Queen Mary purchased On the Llugwy, Bettws-y-coed |
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1923 |
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Died on 22 March in Surrey |
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Exhibitions |
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1854 - 1923 |
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Exhibited approximately 216 paintings at the Royal Academy over 69 years |
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1889 |
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Exposition Universelle, Paris, France |
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1857 - 1858 |
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National Institution of Fine Arts, London |
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