Using the Pre-Raphaelite Art of Frederick Leighton as Child Wall Art.

 
Frederick Leighton is one of the great artists of the Victorian Era, a Pre-Raphaelite with such famous paintings as Flaming June. Because his warm rich works of art draw in the viewer they are perfect to help decorate any child’s room.

 
            Frederick Leighton is one of the most brilliant artists of the Victorian Era, a Pre-Raphaelite his art like so many others from that era harkens back to the ancient and classical times of Greece and Rome. His works are very serene, with a calm simplicity showing a warmth and affection that was popular during the Victorian Era, so that both the History and the serenity of his paintings make many of them a perfect fit as wall art for any child’s room. Decorating your nursery with a work by Leighton works well because such works hold a classical and timeless beauty one which will draw your children into the depths of the picture as it stirs their imaginations. Additionally such works can draw you as a parent into their depths as well, allowing both you and your child to examine and discuss the same great work of art.

            There are many solid décor choices in paintings from Leighton that can work very will as art for children and their rooms, “The Music Lesson” for example is a simple provocative painting of a mother teaching her little girl how to play. Such a simple theme yet the closeness and love between the parent and her child is both obvious and stirring. The picture itself is a composition of dark and light elements fronted by the parent and child who are wearing green to greenish blue (dependent on the quality of the poster you get), certainly your first thought would be that such a painting would go will in either a grey or a green themed room, however paintings should stand out from the walls, so unless you have surrounded the picture with a border it would stand out best in a nursery with brighter colors.

            Similar to the Music Lesson in emotional theme, the painting “Mother and Child” features a bright little girl and a mother lounging together. The daughter is sharing her cherries with the mother. Such imagery is of course perfect as nursery wall art and it was paintings such as this that made Leighton’s works so popular in the Victorian Era, the soft sensibility of the central characters in their cream colored garments surrounded by the dark patterns help to draw and hold the view in this painting despite its simple movement.

            Another of his powerful paintings with simple movement which holds and attracts viewers both with its beautiful elegance and a powerful color is the painting is “Flaming June.” A picture that can add both a splash of elegance as will as a splash of color to any kid’s room, “Flaming June” is a very simple picture of a beautiful sleeping girl wrapped in an intense orange dress. It is perhaps this painting that has made Leighton the most famous because of its memorable beauty. As décor for you child’s room this painting would go good with any room that did not have an overwhelming color scheme because part of the beauty of this painting is how overwhelming it is, so outside colors should not overpower or undersell it. Though in truth Leighton in general is always a good choice for as his art is elegant and serenely powerful without being overwhelming, allowing children to pay attention to them as they want.