Dorothy Dene (1859/1860 – 27 December 1899), born Ada Alice Pullen, was an English stage actress and artist's model for the painter Frederick Leighton and some of his associates. Dene …

Oct 22, 2024 · In 1879, Frederic Leighton’s biographer and neighbor (that’s handy, isn’t it?), Mrs. Barrington, noticed “a young girl with a lovely white face, dressed in deepest black, evidently a …

Dec 18, 2024 · Enigmatic and evocative, the canvases of Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) revitalized the World of British Art in the last third of the 19th century with his personal …

Oct 2, 2019 · To feed her siblings the nineteen-year-old Dene found work as a model in the artistic colony of Holland Park, London, where she met Frederick Lord Leighton, president of …

Aug 23, 2023 · When the British artist Frederic Leighton exhibited his iconic painting Flaming June in 1895 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, critics assessed it as one of his finest …

The woman who inspired Flaming June was Dorothy Deene, a friend and protégé of Leighton's for several decades. She also modeled for many of his paintings.

Jun 4, 2015 · While the features of the woman in the painting are of a non-specific beauty, the face in the drawing belongs to Dorothy Dene, Leighton’s favorite model and muse.

Nov 1, 2014 · Although biographers have always presented Frederic Leighton as a solitary man, his relationship with his model, the actress Dorothy Dene, was far closer than has been …

Nov 19, 2014 · Dorothy Dene: Lord Leighton's secret lover? The artist Frederic Leighton was just shy of 50 when he met 19-year-old Ada Pullan, in 1879. He was absolutely captivated, and …

This fine drawing is a portrait of Dorothy Dene, who so often modelled for Leighton's later work. Born Ada Alice Pullan on 11 April 1859, Dorothy was discovered by Leighton's friend and …