Leighton House Museum, London
London, UK
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Museum Address
12 Holland Park Road, London W14 8LZ, UK
London, UK
Ticket Prices
£14 (under 5 free)
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Leighton House Museum in Holland Park, London, was the home and studio of painter Frederic Leighton, built between 1865 and 1895. The house itself is the main attraction: Leighton designed it as a total work of art, adding rooms and decorative elements over three decades.
The centerpiece is the Arab Hall, inspired by Leighton's travels in the Middle East, lined with 16th- and 17th-century Islamic tiles, a gilded dome, and a marble fountain. The collection includes 81 oil paintings by Leighton and roughly 700 of his drawings, alongside works by fellow Victorian painters Millais, Burne-Jones, and Watts. It opened as a museum in 1900, shortly after Leighton's death.
Leighton House Museum, London in London, UK houses 2 masterpieces in our database, including works by Edward Burne-Jones and Frederic Leighton. Notable works include Orpheus and Eurydice and Morgan Le Fay.
Famous Works at Leighton House Museum, London
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Visiting Leighton House Museum, London
Leighton House was the home and studio of Victorian painter Frederic Leighton in Holland Park, London. Its Arab Hall, decorated with Islamic tiles and a golden dome, is one of London's most extraordinary interiors.
Yes, Leighton's grand painting studio with its north-facing window is preserved as he used it. The house-museum showcases his collection of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the Aesthetic Movement.
Leighton commissioned the house in 1866 and expanded it over 30 years. After his death in 1896, it became one of Britain's first house-museums, opening to the public in 1900.
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