Benjamin Williams Leader RA 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings

Wood, Ruth

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1998. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with maroon lettering on white spine. Pictorial end papers. 148 pp. with color and bw images throughout. VG/VG- clean, bright, crisp, tight copy; light shelf wear to dj;. Item #163175
ISBN: 9781851492732

This study covers the personal and artistic life of Benjamin Williams Leader R.A. over his long career of over 70 years. Working within the tradition of British landscape painting, and influenced by his lifelong admiration of John Constable, Leader's extensive coverage of the British countryside and coastal scenes reveal the distinctive and independent style he developed. He was to become a master at exploiting different natural effects of light, especially the amber luminousity of the late afternoon sun which became his trademark.