Artist Frederic Leighton’s former home and studio, Leighton House, reopened in late 2022 after undergoing a major redevelopment, overseen by BDP. Now it has been announced that the banker and Chairman of the Friends of Leighton House, Sir David Verey, has gifted the museum an original study created by Leighton as preparation for his most famous painting, Flaming June.

The study, of the central female figure, in oil on canvas, is typical of Leighton’s highly methodical approach to preparing his paintings. The gifted artwork will be housed within the new eastern wing of the museum, completed by BDP in October.

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