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War Industry by Frederick Leighton

War Industry by Frederick Leighton

Leighton always said: “Fresco is the highest genre of painting, for which I am ready to make any sacrifices.” Interest in wall paintings originated from Leighton in his youth, when he traveled to Europe with his family and had the opportunity to see the greatest murals of the masters of the past. In Britain, the first fresco was commissioned by the artist for the church of St. Michael at Lyndhurst. She was called “Wise and Reckless Maidens”.

The plot for this fresco was the famous New Testament parable about the virgins and the lamps. In carrying out the order, Leighton tried a new technique of alcohol frescoes, which involved the use of a mixture of beeswax, turpentine and lavender oil, which made the paint more resistant.

For the humid climate of Foggy Albion, such a technique certainly suited better than the traditional “Italian”. Leighton used the same technique, working on monumental frescoes on industrial themes for the London Museum in South Kensington. At the top you can see one of these frescoes – its name: “Industry in the Service of War.” Work on these frescoes stretched for almost two decades, and Leighton himself remarked on this: “South Kensington did everything to bring me to my grave.”

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