Biografie von Thomas Charles LEIGHTON (1913-1976)

Birth place: Toronto, Ont

Addresses: San Francisco CA

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: London, New York & Chicago; John Russell, Toronto; also gallery study in Paris, Rome, Madrid, Athens, Amsterdam, Vienna, Florence & Venice.

Exhibited: Royal Can. Acad. Arts, Nat. Gal. Art, Ottawa, Ontario; NAD; AWCS; Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC. Awards: Soc. Western Artists Dipl. Honor, 1959; Klumke Award, De Young Mus., San Fran., 1964; first award, Council Am. Artist Socs. Ann., New York, 1964

Member: Soc. Western Artists (dir. & bd. trustees, 1951-; pres. 1952-); Bohemian Club, San Fran.; AAPL (nat. bd. dirs., 1957-); Int. Inst. Arts & Letters (fellow); Niagara AA (pres., 1936-42)

Work: portraits, still-life & flowers represented in public & private collections

Comments: Preferred medium: pastels. Teaching: Russel Acad., Toronto 1933-35; Ridley College, Ontario, 1936-42; Niagara Falls Inst., 1938-42; Arts & Letters Club Toronto, 1948; Art League Calif., San Franc., 1948-55; Leighton Studio, San Fran., 1955-; lectures, art & art hist., TV, radio & forums; also guided lectures on tours of Europe.

Sources: WW73; articles, Prize-Winning Graphics, La RÈvue Moderne (Paris) & Les Images (Cairo, 1966).